© Allied Newspapers Ltd. 1998, Photo by Darrin J. Zammit Lupi
An African refugee is escorted from the Russian survey ship "Akademia Nikolas Strakov" by Maltese soldiers in Grand Harbour in Valletta. The group of 52 refugees was rescued 94 miles south-west of Malta. The 43 men and 9 women, from Sierra Leone, Egypt and Algeria, were found on a small open boat in rough seas. Eight of their colleagues remained missing, believed drowned.
Malta - 1998
© Darrin J. Zammit Lupi 2000