Migrants jailed for illegal escape

Three migrants have been jailed for illegally escaping Malta with false documents.

Nigerian Emmanuel Ebenizer, 22, pleaded guilty to escaping and making his way to Zurich, Switzerland where he was caught and sent back to Malta, while 24-year-old Aboubakar Doumbia, from Ivory Coast admitted to trying to use a false passport to leave Malta for Barcellona, Spain.

Another migrant, Mohamed Kigera.19, from Gambia admitted to escaping from Safi barracks and trying to leave Malta.

The three were jailed for six months each.