A dinghy carrying 20 migrants was intercepted off Filfla last night and is being escorted to Hay Wharf, the AFM's Maritime Squadron base.

The dinghy was reported at 9.20 p.m. some 12 miles off Filfla.

The AFM said the migrants refused to board its patrol boat and are being escorted to port.

The migrants said they are Somali and had left from Tunisia.  The group is made up of 15 men, three women and two children.

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