Two migrants were airlifted from a Spanish naval vessel and taken to Mater Dei hospital for treatment after needing medical assistance yesterday evening.
In a statement, the Armed Forces of Malta said that it had dispatched an AW 139 helicopter to fetch the migrants following a request from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome.
The naval vessel the migrants were aboard is part of the fleet participating in the EUNAVFORMED Sophia operation - an EU mission which seeks to identify and capture boats used by people traffickers and to train the Libyan coastguard to better police their shores.