Illegal migrants intercepted

Twenty-seven illegal migrants were intercepted by an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) yesterday at about 7.48 p.m. Consisting of 19 males, six females and two children were intercepted by the Maritime Squadron's Swift-class patrol boat P-24. They were...

Twenty-seven illegal migrants were intercepted by an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) yesterday at about 7.48 p.m.

Consisting of 19 males, six females and two children were intercepted by the Maritime Squadron's Swift-class patrol boat P-24.

They were brought ashore at Wied il-Buni in Birżebbuġa and passed on to the immigration police, the AFM said.

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