Would-be immigrants sit on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour June 1, 2008. Twenty-seven would-be immigrants claiming to be from Somalia were intercepted and rescued by the AFM eleven nautical miles south-east of Malta while on their way to reach European soil from Africa, authorities said.
REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA)