
On Saturday morning, various sectors of the police corps carried out inspections coordinated in the areas of Hal Qormi and Marsa.
They were assisted by the Detention Services Agency in relation to irregular immigration.
During the operation, 20 persons hailing from Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Syria, Gambia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Togo were found to be living in the country irregularly.
Other works carried out in St Julian’s and Paceville in the past few days also saw the arrest of a further 25 due to having been living or working in Malta irregularly.
They were hailing from Syria, Nigeria, Ghana, Türkiye and India.
The persons were all taken to detention centre as their repatriation process was initiated.
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