Humanitarian rescue ship Sea Eye 4
was Wednesday morning navigating towards Porto Empedocle
carrying 53 migrants and refugees and two dead bodies following
a rescue operation in international waters in the Maltese search
and rescue zone on Tuesday.
One person rescued by the German NGO vessel was
helicopter-lifted to Malta for medical treatment, while three
others, all from Bangladesh, who were also in serious medical
condition were subsequently disembarked in Lampedusa.
Reports said they could be transferred by helicopter to hospital
in Palermo or Agrigento on mainland Sicily following preliminary
medical examination.
The migrant hotspot on the tiny stepping-stone island between
north Africa and Italy is currently empty.
(Archive photo of the Sea Eye 4 vessel at dock in Livorno)
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