Sea-Eye 5 Rescues 24 Migrants, Including a Severely Dehydrated Child, in the Central Mediterranean

The German NGO Sea-Eye said its rescue ship Sea-Eye 5 responded early Monday, September 21, 2026 to an emergency call about an unseaworthy rubber boat in its search-and-rescue zone in the central Mediterranean and brought all 24 people aboard safely. The rescued migrants and refugees were 'completely exhausted' after two days at sea; a pediatrician on board stabilized a severely dehydrated three-year-old child. Sea-Eye said the group would be taken to Lampedusa, Italy. No Libyan Coast Guard involvement was reported for this specific rescue, distinguishing it from the Sep 18 Ocean Viking interception in the same corridor.