VALLETTA—Malta’s armed forces have rescued a group of 95 migrants found in distress on a dinghy north of Libya and brought them ashore at a military base near the capital Valletta, authorities said on Monday.
A volunteer organization, Alarm Phone, on Sunday morning said the dinghy was overcrowded and taking in water. It said the boat was located within Malta’s search-and-rescue region.
![Rescued migrants disembark during their arrival in Senglea, in Valletta's Grand Harbor, Malta, on July 27, 2020. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F07%2F27%2FRescued-migrants-Malta-2-600x338.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
A Maltese patrol boat rescued another group of 63 migrants and brought them to Malta on July 17. One of those migrants later tested positive to COVID-19 and the medical authorities put the whole group in quarantine.
By Christopher Scicluna