AFM personnel yesterday closely followed a seaborne operation in which two Italian patrol boats intercepted a number of illegal immigrants thought to be on their way to Lampedusa, AFM sources said.

The AFM had been alerted by the Italian authorities that the illegal immigrants were spotted when they were some 125 nautical miles southwest of Malta.

The illegal immigrants were on two dinghies.

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