Anti-illegals axis with Malta says interior ministry

(ANSA) - Rome, March 28 - Italy and Malta have formed an
"anti-illegals axis" after rescued migrants hijacked a merchant
ship and forced it to go to Malta after stopping it taking them
back to Libya, the interior ministry said Thursday.
The Maltese ambassador was received at the interior ministry
Thursday morning, the ministry said.
This was a chance "to open a new phase of collaboration
between the two countries. Concrete proposals will shortly be
formulated to intervene against clandestine immigration and
human trafficking in the Mediterranean."

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