A group of 27 illegal immigrants was brought to Malta this evening by the AFM, the second group to arrive in Malta within a few hours.

The migrants were spotting in a boat some 11miles off Delimara and transferred to a patrol boat which brought them to Malta. The group included seven women.

Another group of 27 migrants arrived on a boat at Wied iz-Zurrieq in the morning.

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