Aid organization warns of possible criminalization of child rescue at sea. Some lawyers fear that the planned wording leaves open the possibility of prosecuting sea rescuers for helping minors.
Sea-Eye is calling on the Federal Council to call the mediation committee and, if necessary, put the legislative package on hold. The Bundestag has created ambiguities. There remains a risk of criminalization "which in itself endangers the work of sea rescue organizations," says Valentin Schatz, junior professor of public law and European law.