© Allied Newspapers Ltd. 2000, Photo by Darrin J. Zammit Lupi
A
plain-clothes policeman keeps his pistol trained on a group of would-be illegal
immigrants who tried to storm through immigration control and enter Malta
illegally off the Tunisian ferry MV CARTHAGE in Valletta Harbour on December 31.
Some 200 Tunisians were found without entry documents when they tried to
enter Malta and clashed with police when they were refused entry.
Some 70 of them escaped after they rushed the gates. Police fired warning
shots to bring the rest under control and get them back on the ship.
Police sources said the Tunisians hoped to land in Malta from where they
could be smuggled to Italy.
Malta - 2000
© Darrin J. Zammit Lupi 2001