On Sunday afternoon, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) rescued 23 irregular immigrants on board a stranded boat some 59 nautical miles South of Malta.
This is the second boat of irregular immigrants to be rescued by AFM in the past few hours.
The irregular immigrants were taken to Haywharf on board an AFM Patrol Boat early this afternoon. The irregular immigrants were handed over to the Immigration Police who will be conducting further investigations.
This is the second boat of irregular immigrants to be rescued by AFM in the past few hours whereby in the early hours of Saturday morning at around 0130 CET, 50 irregular immigrants were brought onto shore at Haywharf by an AFM patrol boat.
Meanwhile, more than 420 irregular immigrants have disembarked on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Read more about this issue on MaltaMedia's special feature:
Lanċa Ġejja u Oħra Sejra: Malta and its migrations.
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