36 persons were found living illegally in Malta were arrested on Sunday morning during inspections carried out on Gozo.
Police said that inspections were carried out assisted by members of the Detention Services in several locations across Gozo, during which persons of different nationalities were checked.
The detained immigrants are from Ghana, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria and Liberia.
Police said that they were immediately taken to a Detention Centre, and the process for them to leave the Islands has been started.