06/03: 12 men departed from Annaba, motor break down, intercepted to Algeria by Algerian coast guard

07.03.2021 / 22:54 / Central Mediterranean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – March 6th 2021

Case name: 2021_03_06-CM383

Situation: 12 men departed from Annaba, motor break down, intercepted to Algeria by Algerian coast guard

Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded

Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean

Summary of Case

In the evening of March 6th Alarmphone was contacted by a relative of a person on a boat which left from Anaba, Algeria carrying 11 people, on March 5th. The relative was very worried since they had not received any news from their family member since the boat had departed. At 01.09 CET March 7th we called MRCC Algiers. The operator confirmed knowledge of the boat and that an operation was ongoing. At 07.16 CET MRCC Algiers could not yet confirm the rescue of the boat. At 07.57 CET we e-mailed authorities, again summarising the information we had received from the relative. At 08.11 CET the family member called us again, relating that another relative of another person on the boat had managed to get in touch with the pepole on the boat directly about an hour ago. According to the relative calling us, the boat was still at sea without a working engine. We were unable to establish direct contact to the boat. At 08.45 CET the relative called again, informing us that the Algerican coast guard had rescued the boat.

At 11.25 CET we called MRCC Algier, who confirmed the rescue of 12 people off the coast of Annaba. The operator refused to provide any further information. At 13.00 CET the relative who had originally informed us about the boat confirmed they had been in direct contact with their family member, who had been returned to Algeria.

Twitter Chronology:

March 7th

12.20 CET https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1368521801899315206
Last update: 23:28 Jun 01, 2021
Credibility: UP DOWN 0
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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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