On Sunday the 21st of June, Father Zerai alerted us to a case of
distress in Libyan waters, with a vessel carrying about 150 people. On
the same day, one of our Alarm Phone members received a direct emergency
call from a vessel carrying about 250 passengers (see:
http://watchthemed.net/reports/view/156). Contact to both vessels could
be established and the travellers were eventually rescued by the tanker
Torm Arawa and an Italian military vessel.
On Monday the 22nd, Father Zerai told us about two vessels in distress
in the Central Mediterranean Sea (see:
http://watchthemed.net/reports/view/159). We were able to establish
contact to one of them and the situation was highly dangerous for the
100 travellers, with water entering and people starting to panic. We
stayed in touch with them until their rescue was confirmed. The second
vessel could, however, not be reached and while rescue seems likely, it
remains unconfirmed so far.
On Tuesday the 23rd of June, we had another case from Father Zerai who
told the Alarm Phone about 100 people on a vessel in the Central Med,
near Libya (see: //watchthemed.net/reports/view/158). We were in touch
with them for several hours and the civilian rescue vessel 'Sea Watch'
directed itself to their location. In the end, MRCC Rome confirmed the
rescue of the travellers and the Sea Watch stopped moving in their
direction.
Between Sunday and Friday the 26th of June, we had six distress
situations in the Western Med(see:
http://watchthemed.net/reports/view/157 and
http://watchthemed.net/reports/view/160). Four of these vessels were
intercepted by Moroccan authorities and its passengers returned. One
vessel capsized and its 20 travellers had fallen into the sea.
Fortunately, they were all rescued in time by the Moroccan Navy. The
fate of one vessel remains unknown.
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