Be the first to comment!AFM rescues 90 migrants off the coast of Gozo
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Earlier today the AFM Operations Centre in Luqa was informed that a boat carrying some 90 migrants on board including 5 women required assistance.
After locating the migrant vessel some 25 nautical miles off Gozo, the Armed Forces of Malta diverted an inshore patrol vessel that was on patrol and dispatched the AFM Offshore patrol vessel P61 to the area to assess the situation.
The AFM said that upon arriving on site, it was noted that the migrant boat was in distress . All the persons on board were subsequently transferred on AFM Patrol vessels.
The AFM sea assets with migrants onboard are expected to arrive at Maritime Squadron Base at 11.00pm.
Photograph – AFM Press Office
