A group of 68 illegal immigrants is to be brought to Malta this evening after a dinghy was intercepted by an AFM patrol boat, the AFM said.

The migrants' dinghy was reported by a fishing boat yesterday and had been monitored by the AFM. The migrants were taken on board patrol boat P51 when sea conditions deteriorated, some 28 miles off Malta.

The group included 14 women and seven children.

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