A Syrian called Foreignrers Communication Center on 10.09.2015 at 00.56 and reported that they set off from Izmir nearly 3 hours ago and there were 40 people on the boat, he called 158 but he couldn’t be able to express himself since he didn’t know Turkish, their boat was taking on water and they needed urgent help.

A staff from the foreign communication center, which is available 7 days 24 hours in 4 languages including Arabic, reached the location information of this person and the situation was conveyed to the Coast Guard’s ALO-158 phone line. Upon the conveyance, Coast Guard Command teams arrived in the area and rescued 61 migrants whose boat was about to sink.