The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) was called to
assist a Tunisian fishing vessel after a group of 22 illegal immigrants took control
of the boat 90 miles south-west of Malta
and 43 nautical miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa.
After the call was made on Thursday evening,
two patrol boats were dispatched to assist in the operation and the illegal
immigrants, among them nine women and two children, were taken aboard a Tunisian
military vessel.
A further 25 illegal immigrants who remained
on the boat they had set off their journey on were taken aboard another Tunisian
military vessel.
Read more about this issue in MaltaMedia’s Special Feature Lanċa Ġejja u Ohra Sejra.
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