A dinghy carrying 86 illegal immigrants was towed to land yesterday morning by the Armed Forces of Malta after it was spotted during an air patrol some 14 nautical miles to the southwest of Malta.
The AFM’s operation centre immediately diverted a boat to the area where it was established that the dinghy was adrift without any way of manoeuvring.
On board were 74 men and 12 women, four of whom claimed to be pregnant.