Overview

• Sea-Eye 5 rescued 65 people from an overcrowded rubber boat about 50 nautical miles off the Libyan coast on June 14.
• Three migrants suffered severe fuel burns and were medically evacuated to Lampedusa for urgent treatment.
• Italy initially ordered the German vessel to dock in Tarent but changed course to Pozzallo due to medical emergencies and limited water supplies.
• Sea-Eye chairman Gorden Isler denounced Italian authorities for imposing politically motivated and unrealistic requirements on civilian rescue ships.
• Italian officials are arranging to distribute the rescued migrants, many of whom are women, across reception centers in Sicily and beyond.