Malta: Seven children in state care while parents in jail

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Seven children, five of whom are Maltese, are currently living in the care of the State while one of their parents serves time in jail, according to a spokesperson for the Foundation for Social Welfare Services. 

An eighth child, a baby boy – is living with his mother – a foreigner whose nationality has not been confirmed – at the Corradino Correctional Facility, where infants under the age of one are allowed to stay with their mothers.

Source Times of Malta

Updated 1745

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