In the early hours of Saturday morning at around 0130 CET, 50 illegal immigrants were brought onto shore at Xatt it-Tiben by an AFM patrol boat.
The AFM were alerted as to the sighting of a rubber dinghy that had illegal immigrants on board by an Italian fishing boat.
The immigrants were taken to the Police General Headquarters for questioning.
Further police investigations are underway.
Read more about this issue on MaltaMedia's special feature:
Lanċa Ġejja u Oħra Sejra: Malta and its migrations.
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