UPDATED: 84 migrants to be brought to Malta

Two AFM patrol boats are to land some 84 migrants in Malta later this evening, the AFM has confirmed. Two groups of 28 each were rescued in the morning and early in the afternoon by one of the patrol boats, and another group was spotted and rescued by...

Two AFM patrol boats are to land some 84 migrants in Malta later this evening, the AFM has confirmed.

Two groups of 28 each were rescued in the morning and early in the afternoon by one of the patrol boats, and another group was spotted and rescued by another patrol boat this evening.

The first batch were picked up by a trawler near a tuna pen 55 miles off Malta and transferred to patrol boat P52 which on the way back to Malta was diverted to another migrants' boat, which carried a similar number of migrants.

The third group was located closer to Malta by another patrol boat this evening.

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