UPDATED: Tanker hijacked by rescued migrants arrives safely in Malta
Armed military personnel stood guard on the ship's deck, and a dozen or so migrants were also visible, as the vessel docked at Boiler Wharf in the city of Senglea. Several police vans were lined up on shore to take custody of the migrants for investigation.
The ship had been heading toward Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa and the island of Malta when Maltese forces intercepted it. A private group that operates a rescue ship and monitors how governments treat migrants, Mediterranea, urged compassion for the group on the hijacked vessel and said it hoped European countries would act "in the name of fundamental rights, remembering that we are dealing with human beings fleeing hell."
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