© Allied Newspapers Ltd. 2000, Photo by Darrin J. Zammit Lupi
Chaos
ensues on the gangway of the Tunisian ferry MV CARTHAGE as police bundle several
would-be illegal immigrants back onto the ship while a police officer (bottom R)
fires a warning shot into the air 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 while the rest were
forcibly returned to 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