More irregular migrants – a child, two women and 55 men – were landed at Wied il-Buni in Marsaxlokk yesterday, after two AFM patrol boats went to their assistance the previous evening.

The migrants, travelling in a rubber dinghy, had been noticed off Dingli on Monday afternoon by a fisherman, who then informed the police.

The AFM operations centre was contacted by the police and sent a Bulldog aircraft to the area. Patrol Boat P23 was despatched when the group were sighted and patrol boat 32 later joined to offer assistance.

Another group, this time made up of 29 immigrants – 21 men, six women and two children – were brought to shore escorted by the AFM, also at Wied il-Buni yesterday afternoon.