Seventy-one would-be immigrants perish off Malta

Posted Aug 28, 11:59

Seventy-one would-be illegal immigrants to Europe perished when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, according to eight companions rescued Wednesday off Malta, the Maltese police said.

The survivors were plucked out of the water by a Maltese fishing vessel, the Madonna di Pompei, from a semi-submerged dinghy 70 kilometres (40 miles) off Malta, then transferred to a military patrol boat.

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