WTM
Alarm Phone in direct contact with 107 people on vessel in distress, all rescued
15.01.2015 / 20:30 / Off the Coast of Libya
Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigation – 08 January 2015
Case name: 2015_01_08-CM4
Situation: Refugee vessel in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Ongoing (latest information received on the 14th of January 2015)
Time and Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean Sea
Brief Summary of the Case: The Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a refugee vessel in the Central Mediterranean Sea seeking to reach Italy. The refugees were asking to be rescued by Italian coastguards and the shift team reached out to the MRCC Rome. The officer in charge suggested that Libyan authorities should conduct a rescue operation. In several phone calls with the refugees, more information was obtained and then passed on to the Italian coastguards. Responding to their unwillingness to cooperate with the shift team, the Alarm Phone alerted its members and other networks to prompt the Italian coastguards to conduct rescue procedures. The Italian authorities later confirmed that an operation had been underway since the afternoon of that day.
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