Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 18th of September 2019
Case name: 2019_09_18-AEG576
Situation: 3 travellers stuck on the Macedonian border rescued by Greek police and 11 travellers stranded on Kalolimnos island rescued by Greek Coastguard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case: During the night of Wednesday the 18th of September the Alarm Phone was alerted to two distress cases; the first one involved a group of 3 young travellers stranded on the Greek-Macedonian border, who were rescued by the Greek police, and the second case involved a group of 11 travellers stranded on Kalolimnos island who were rescued by the Greek Coastguard.

Shortly after midnight on Wednesday the 18th of September the Alarm Phone was alerted to a group of three young travellers, probably minors, who were stranded on the Greek side of the Greek-Macedonian border, between Kavallaris, Kilikis and Mouries. We received a video of the three young men; one person had fainted and was lying on the ground and one had injured his foot. They were without food and water. Around 1 am we managed to inform the police in Kilkis. During the rest of the night we lost contact with the travellers. The following morning, at 11.18 am the travellers sent us their GPS position which we passed on to police authorities. Around 2 pm we got confirmation that they had been rescued by the police and that the young man that had fainted was better.

Around 2.30 am of the same night our shift team was alerted to a group of 11 travellers, including 4 children, who were stranded on Kalolimnos island. Around 3 am we alerted the Greek Coastguards. At 9.38 am the travellers confirmed that they had been rescued.