21/07: 8 boats (7 rescued by Salvamento Maritimo, 1 intercepted by the Marine Royale)

22.07.2018 / 21:06 / Western Mediterranean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of July 2018
Case name: 2018_07_21-WM292
Situation:
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea

Summary of the Case: On Friday, July 21, The Alarm Phone was alerted to 8 boats. 7 boats were rescued to Spain and 1 was intercepted and brought back to Morocco.

At 6.43 CEST, a boat with 9 people informed the Alarm Phone of their position. The shift team remained in contact with the boat for two hours. At 8.48, a contact person confirmed that the boat had been rescued to Spain.

At 7.25 CEST, a contact person informed The Alarm Phone about a boat of 10 people (including 2 women). The boat sent their position but was difficult to reach although the shift team tried. At 10.15, a contact alerted The Alarm Phone that the boat had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo.

At 8.30 CEST, we were alerted to a boat of 9 people (including 1 pregnant woman). The boat kept in touch with the shift team for several hours. At 14.26, the boat informed the shift team that Salvamento Maritimo was in the area and they were going to be rescued. The Alarm Phone was unable to receive further confirmation.

Four other boats were also rescued to Spain: one with 13 people, including one sick person, and another with 12 people. The first boat contacted The Alarm Phone at 9.29, and then at 9.54 confirmed they had been rescued (Last Position: 35.817448, -5.997125). At 9.40, a contact person alerted the shift team to another boat, and at 14.13, the contact person confirmed this boat had also been rescued to Spain (Last Position: 35.815134, -6.000002). At 11.47 CET, a contact person alerted The Alarm Phone to a boat of 11 people that had left Morocco. The shift team maintained contact with the ship for several hours and received confirmation that they had been rescued to Spain at 14.45 (Last Position: 35.839360, -5.907394). Finally, a boat with 9 people (including 2 women, and one pregnant woman) contacted the shift team at 12.10. The boat maintained contact with The Alarm Phone until 13.52 when they confirmed they had been rescued by the Salvamento Maritimo. (Last Position: 35.841546, -5.982608)

At 12.10, a contact person alerted The Alarm Phone about a boat of 7 people that had left Morocco early in the morning. The shift team attempted to contact the boat but the phone did not work well. The contact person informed the shift team that the travellers were tired and sick. The Alarm Phone informed Salvamento Maritimo about the case, and the shift team maintained contact with the contact person and Salvamento Maritimo for several hours. At 17.29, the shift team was able to make contact with one of the travellers, who said their boat had been intercepted by the Marine Royale and the boat was taken back to Morocco.
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  • Border police patrols
     
    While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
  • Coastal radars
     
    Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
     
    Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
  • Frontex operations
     
    Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
  • Mobile phone coverage
     
    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
  • Oil and gas platforms
     
    Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
  • Search and Rescue Zone
     
    An area of defined dimensions within which a given state is has the responsibility to co-ordinate Search and Rescue operations, i.e. the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Data source: IMO availability of search and rescue (SAR) services - SAR.8/Circ.3, 17 June 2011.
  • Territorial Waters
     
    A belt of sea (usually extending up to 12 nautical miles) upon which the sovereignty of a coastal State extends (UNCLOS, Art. 2). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans

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