Updated: Migrants arrive in Gozo

(Adds police statement that migrants first tried to land in Xlendi) A group of 30 illegal immigrants late last night arrived in Gozo and have now been brought to Malta by the AFM. The migrants' boat, carrying 28 men and two women, arrived at Mgarr...

(Adds police statement that migrants first tried to land in Xlendi)

A group of 30 illegal immigrants late last night arrived in Gozo and have now been brought to Malta by the AFM.

The migrants' boat, carrying 28 men and two women, arrived at Mgarr Harbour, where assistance was given by soldiers from the Gozo Troop based at Nadur and volunteers from the Malta Red Cross, Gozo branch.

The police in a statement said the boat had initially gone into Xlendi bay but when the migrants spotted the police, they sailed out again.

All the migrants were wearing life jackets.

The migrants were transferred to Malta on board patrol boat P-24.

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