Rescue Services: Mediterranean Sea
(asked on 9th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the Royal Navy in the last two years requested medical evacuation; and to what locations such people were transported for treatment.
This question was answered on 14th March 2016
No civilians rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the Royal Navy in the last two years were medically evacuated. Where Royal Navy vessels rescued migrants, medical treatment was administered on board if required. All those rescued were disembarked at agreed ports of safety in Italy.