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Would-be immigrants sit in a Malta Police bus at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base in Valletta
16 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Would-be immigrants sit in a Malta Police bus at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour May 16, 2008. Twenty-eight would-be immigrants were rescued by the tugboat "Schottland" 65 nautical miles from Malta when their boat capsized while on their way to reach European soil from Africa. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA) MALTA OUT
REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI


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A would-be immigrant child from Ethiopia is carried off an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Search and Rescue boat at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour ...




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