Migrants
Malta: Malta PM – Ports shut to migrants until EU agrees relocation
Malta's port will remain closed to all irregular immigrants until an EU agreement is found for their relocation, Robert Abela said. The…
Malta: Captain Morgan ship out at sea until solution for migrants is found
The Captain Morgan ship moored in international waters 13 nautical off Malta will remain out at sea until the 57 migrants on…
Malta: Malta drafts EU proposed solution to migrants’ problem
The European People’s Party, the largest political cohort in the European Parliament is placing the agenda an agreement on Migrant Policy. Drafted…
Malta: Bartolo rails against EU on migration limbo: ‘Malta is left all alone’
Malta’s foreign minister has posted a volley of Facebooks posts in which he lays the blame for the failure to save asylum…
Malta: Using private assets for migrant rescues is not against international law – Prime Minister
Using private assets to facilitate the rescue of migrants at sea is not against international law covering search and rescue, Prime Minister…
Malta: Malta saw fourfold increase in unaccompanied children seeking asylum
Malta had 20 asylum applications by unaccompanied minors in 2019, four times higher than the previous year, figures released by Eurostat show.…
Malta: Fresh evidence disputes AFM sabotage claims
Alleged sabotage of a migrant boat by Malta's armed forces was instead a standard rescue procedure, according to fresh evidence submitted by…
Malta: No other case has resulted positive at the Ħal Far open centre
Professor Charmaine Gauci has confirmed that no other case has resulted positive for Covid-19 at the Ħal Far open centre. The Superintendent…
Malta: 500 healthcare workers call on government not to let migrants drown
The list of healthcare workers urging Prime Minister Robert Abela not to abandon migrants at sea reached 500 on Friday. On Thursday,…
Malta: Jason Azzopardi accuses PM, Brigadier and Army of killing immigrants
Justice of the Nationalist Party Jason Azzopardi denounced the police to investigate Prime Minister Robert Abela, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi and the Army…
Malta: Migrants picked up by merchant vessel from Malta SAR zone, taken back to Libya – IOM
A group of migrants who had been stranded inside the Maltese search and rescue area have been taken back to Tripoli, the…
Malta: ‘Urging people traffickers is inhumane’, Evarist Bartolo says of migrant rescue NGOs
Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo said Malta “cannot handle anymore” asylum seekers, as it continues to cope with the brunt of the COVID-19…