A group of 26 illegal migrants arrived at Wied iz-Zurrieq this morning, raising to 110 the number of migrants landed in Malta in under 12 hours.
The latest group arrived on a wooden boat and was quickly rounded up by the police.
A further 84 migrants were landed at Hay Wharf by two AFM patrol boats overnight after having been rescued off Malta. One group of 28 was picked up alongside a tuna pen 55 miles south of Malta and a second group was rescued from a boat by the same patrol boat as it was returning to Malta.
A third boat carrying 28 migrants was spotted by a Maltese helicopter and another patrol boat was diverted to it.