AFM rescues pregnant migrants
A heavily pregnant migrant was rescued from a dinghy 170 miles south of Malta this afternoon after a doctor was lowered to the craft to give assistance. She is being brought to Malta along with another migrant, who is also pregnant.
The alert was raised by a fishing boat which reported coming across a rubber dinghy carrying a number of migrants, including women and children. In view of the condition of one of the pregnant women an Italian Military Mission helicopter lowered an army doctor to the boat to give assistance. The migrants were subsequently transferred to a patrol boat which is expected to arrive at Haywharf this evening.
Another patrol boat is monitoring the dinghy.
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C borg
Aug 12th 2008, 00:06
Will the new born be given maltese citizenship??
William Attard McCarthy
Aug 11th 2008, 23:01
Fabulous!!! ANother boatload......
Sandro Pace
Aug 11th 2008, 22:56
I've already said what the trend is going to be. 170 miles is Libya. This detail should not be omitted.
Kerry Freeman
Aug 11th 2008, 22:06
and on the story goes.....
J.M. Chapelle
Aug 11th 2008, 21:52
Allow me to be the first.
After the 120 stranded migrants story, I thought we had actually made a change somewhere and that enough pressure was put on our neighbours by the GOVT to take them in... and now we fly 170 miles to pick them up?
Is anyone else infuriated at the amount of U-turns happening, or am I just nuts?
Edwin Mifsud
Aug 11th 2008, 21:42
Forgive my ignorance, but is 170 miles south of Malta not just 10 miles or so north of Libya who a few days ago joked to our president that it will help Malta on the issue. Why is she being brought to Malta?
Can anyone enlighten the people of Malta?
Marcel Dingli
Aug 11th 2008, 21:28
Doesn`t anyone think it was irresponsible of them to travel in their condition?
John Spiteri
Aug 11th 2008, 20:56
How long are we going to keep up with this situation? when is it that our leaders start to act and start to organise to send them to back safely to their country.