3 January | Open Arms rescues two boats adrift with 6 and 52 people on board, one of which first contacted the AlarmPhone for assistance. After disembarkation in Salerno two days later, a 17 and 20-year-old are arrested, accused of having facilitated illegal entry into national territory. |
11 January | Geo Barents rescues 37 people on an overcrowded fiberglass in the international waters off the Libyan Coasts. Naples is assigned as POS (1). |
18 January | Humanity 1 rescues 126 from an overcrowded, unseaworthy wooden boat in international waters. AlarmPhone alerted the case before all are brought safely onboard the NGO ship. Ortona, requiring an additional 3 days at sea for the survivors, is assigned as POS. 57 people are rescued by Open Arms in degrading weather conditions from three small boats. |
25 January | Geo Barents rescues 68 people from three unseaworthy fiberglass boats. Genova is assigned as POS. |
28 January | Humanity 1 assists in the rescue of 42 people who had alerted AlarmPhone and were spotted by Seabird (2). Unfortunately, 6 additional people from the same boat had previously been intercepted by a merchant vessel, their fate unknown. |
29 January | Ocean Viking rescues 71 people from an overcrowded rubber boat, first spotted by Seabird in Libyan SAR(3). |
30 January | SeaWatch 5 rescues 50 people from an overcrowded wooden vessel spotted by Seabird. Civitavecchia is assigned as Place of Safety (PoS). |