Second group of migrants raise total arriving to 188
Posted on May 27th, 2012
A second group of migrants has arrived at Xrobb l-Ghagin on Sunday afternoon, the second group consisted of 52 migrants raising the total number of arrivals on Sunday to 188.
The last group reached the Maltese shore on board of a dinghy, the group includes three women.
A group of 136 illegal immigrants entered Malta on a patrol boat on Sunday morning at around 04:00hrs CEST.
The group consists of 86 men, 43 women and seven children, the police said thet were picked up from a drifting dinghy some 72 miles south of Malta after their boat was deemed to be in distress.
On board there was also a newborn and another baby who was born as the patrol boat was bringing the migrants to the Hay Wharf in Malta.
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