Mission #5

04.10.2016 | Malta, Valletta

05.10.2016 | 1200 | MRCC

People aboard IUVENTA: 30
Further assisted at sea: 0

Transfer of survivors: CP920 (ICG)
Present at scene: Italian naval vessel + helicopter, CP274, SW2 + Minden

Report: Wooden boat – 48 nm from the coast. The IUVENTA took the wooden boat alongside and embarked all 30 people safely. For the first time, the IUVENTA had to host people overnight. For the first time, the MRCC was neither willing nor able to provide a timely solution.

07.10.2016 | morning | MRCC

People aboard IUVENTA: 133
Further assisted at sea: 0

Transfer of survivors: Dignity (MSF)
Present at scene:

Report: overcrowded RB

12/13.10.2016 | night | MRCC

People aboard IUVENTA: 0
Further assisted at sea: 113

Transfer of survivors: Phoenix (MOAS)
Present at scene: Stichting Bootvluchteling, MOAS; Astral, Golfo Azzurro, Phoenix.

Report: After an uneventful search day, on our way to the night position further north, we received a distress call from the MRCC: a rubber boat carrying 130 people, engine failure, adrift within 12 nm of the coast – Libyan territorial waters. The Italian Navy, half a mile from us, refused to enter the territorial waters without Libyan clearance. A MOAS drone confirmed the boat's position and the boat's devastating condition: the starboard tube had already lost air and people were in the water. The IUVENTA headed to the scene – despite lacking the required entry clearance. The other NGO vessels followed. The boat was already sinking, people were drifting in the dark water. In a joint effort, 113 people were rescued and brought aboard the Phoenix. 17 people – among them at least one child – lost their lives.

14.10.2016 | morning | MRCC

People aboard IUVENTA: 130
Further assisted at sea: 0

Transfer of survivors: Bourbon Argos (MSF)
Present at scene:

Report: overcrowded RB

14.10.2016 | 1500 | MRCC

People aboard IUVENTA: 18
Further assisted at sea: 0

Transfer of survivors: Bourbon Argos (MSF)
Present at scene: Golfo Azzuro

Report: wooden boat, Golfo Azzuro supports with shuttling the people to the Iuventa

18.10.2016 | Malta, Valletta