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AFM rescue 60 migrants on dinghy
Armed Forces rescue another group of 60 refugees fleeing Libya. 60 Somali refugees fleeing Libya have been intercepted early this morning on a dinghy off Malta.
26 June 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Almost 1,000 refugees fleeing Libya have been rescued by the AFM at sea since the beginning of the year
The refugees, said to be 49 men and 11 women, had been monitored by Maltese and Italian naval and air assets had been monitoring the dinghy since yesterday afternoon, until it was decided to intervene and to take the refugees aboard an AFM patrol boat this morning.
According to sources, the refugees asked for assistance after they ran out of fuel and started to drift on the high seas.
This morning's rescue and last Thursday's interception of another 20 refugees, brings the total of migrant arrivals to Malta since January to just under 1,000.
