Saturday 24 / May / 2025
A German migrant rescue vessel carrying more than 800 people has been given approval to dock at the Sicilian port of Trapani, the charity that runs the vessel said on Saturday.
The authorization came just hours after Mission Lifeline's Rise Above, a fellow charity ship, delivered urgently-needed food and blankets to the Sea-Eye 4.
The ship is carrying five pregnant women as well as over 200 minors — including "many children under the age of 10" — Sea-Eye 4 said in a statement.
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Italy: 800 migrants on board German rescue ship allowed to disembark
The Sea-Eye 4 rescued more than 800 people from the central Mediterranean this week — including 200 minors and five pregnant women. The overcrowded ship was stuck at sea for days before getting permission to dock.
Crowded rescue boat carries rescued migrants at sea
Sea-Eye 4, which is carrying five pregnant women and more than 200 children, urged Italian authorities this week to let it dock
A German migrant rescue vessel carrying more than 800 people has been given approval to dock at the Sicilian port of Trapani, the charity that runs the vessel said on Saturday.
The authorization came just hours after Mission Lifeline's Rise Above, a fellow charity ship, delivered urgently-needed food and blankets to the Sea-Eye 4.
The ship is carrying five pregnant women as well as over 200 minors — including "many children under the age of 10" — Sea-Eye 4 said in a statement.
On Saturday, the ship had cruised off the coast of Sicily as it awaited authorization to disembark. Arrival in Trapani is expected later on Sunday.
"We are relieved and overjoyed that the difficult hours for our crew and the rescued people will end on Sunday and that the people will finally be safe in Italy," Gorden Isler from Sea-Eye said.
"Our crew is working at the limits of what is humanly possible," French news agency AFP quoted Isler as saying.
Over 200 people had been treated at the onboard hospital.
"The ship must be allowed to dock immediately to ensure the safety of all those rescued and the crew," he said, adding that "negotiations on the distribution of the rescued" should be conducted after the migrants land.
