Malta: Government calls for EU emergency fund for Libya

The Times leads with an urgent request by Malta for the EU to deploy a €100 million food and medicine package to Libya to prevent migrants in the north African country’s detention camps from taking their chances on risky boat crossings to Europe.

Another story says that the federation of trade unions is urging Prime Minister Robert Abela to intervene in the Air Malta situation to save hundreds of jobs that are expected to be cut. The federation said decisions should be taken with the airline’s recovery in mind.

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