A 17-year-old male migrant who needed urgent medical assistance was evacuated to Mater Dei Hospital by the Armed Forces of Malta yesterday afternoon.

The government said today that the patient was brought to Malta on an AFM helicopter which had a doctor on board and transferred to Mater Dei.

The migrant was accompanied by his brother who is also a minor.

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