Aid agency pulls out of detention centres

J.Spiteri

Mar 13th 2009, 14:19

Is it just a plain 'co-incidence' that MSF suspended its services right on the eve of Mr.Barrott's visit to Malta? We expect Mr. Barrott, on his visit, to present the local authorities with a means of ridding our country of this phenomenon. Mr. Barrott and all immigrants sympathizers must know that we are simply fed up with these unwanted visitors. Instead of blaming us for a situation which is not of our making, they should come up with a sound solution to end this phenomenon. With regards to the lack of certain conditions at the centre, everybody knows the way these immigrants react when decide to stage some sort of a 'protest' !

Pierre Attard

Mar 13th 2009, 13:38

so MSF has washed it's hand from the problem. Now Mr. Barrot will come here blaming and insulting us for the situation. Now is the time for the maltese government to take the decision to start ignoring what the EU ministers say. Unfortunately the damage is being done here, not in brussels. We must stand up and stop this invasion of illegal immigrants, as we can see nobody really cares about our situation.

Alex Spiteri

Mar 13th 2009, 13:22

@Edwin Formosa...Great statesman Vladmir Putin doesn't need to waste time in expelling the Russian Communist Party, his party wins every election with 80% of votes!

@Helena Psaila…u can make use of Joseph Cauchi’s straight comment as a reply to ur pathetic statement!

Another thing I forgot to mention about NGOs, that beside they undemocratic, they are a great business opportunity. Forget about destroying ur mind in thinking for an innovative business idea to make a living. Get together a group of do-gooders and organise an NGO with a leftist liberal agenda. It can either be Integration, Anti-Hunting, Gay Rights, Pro-Abortion, Anti-Death Penalty or whatever as long as it fits their ideology. You would be guaranteed in thousands of Euros from the EU and also from the local Government.

Then you would need to setup a phony marketing agency or try to get a deal with an already establish agency to spend all those thousands of Euros in advertising and ur income will be generated from the commission on the advertising spent. You will also be paid for any ‘commissioned reports’ you have developed to organise the marketing campaign!

Edwin formosa

Mar 13th 2009, 12:32

Mr Alex Spiteri, itwas easier for your great statesman Vladmir Putin to kick all NGOs from Russia than to kick the Russian Communist Party. Some other greater statesman had to do it for him.

Joseph Cauchi

Mar 13th 2009, 12:04

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However, some of these groups can be manipulated by certain factions of the population and can be used for ulterior motives rather than being used for the benefit to the ordinary citizen.

I believe that everyone should take some of these NGO’s with a pinch of salt and not take them as blindly as after all they are run by people and people can be sometimes of dubious nature!

What about “Medecins Sans Frontiers” for that matter, has it got ulterior motives?

I am only asking!

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Joseph Cauchi

Mar 13th 2009, 11:59

Part 1


In our democracy, we are called every five years to cast our vote to elect a new government. Many see this span of five years as too long and many citizens believe that such type of democracy is not giving them the results that they have wished for, as they do not have the opportunity to express their views in “real time”.

However, nowadays, some citizens have found the chink in the political armour by influencing the politicians in actual “real time”!

And how can they do it?

They can do it by constantly pressure the politicians through organised groups. These groups are called non-governmental organizations, i.e. NGO’s.

These NGO’s are quite effective if they play their cards right and they can be quite an asset in our democracy.

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Joanne Micallef

Mar 13th 2009, 11:50

I find their attitude very contradicting, if anything they should have stayed to offer their services not leave to make matters worse for the illegal immigrants.

Brian Maloret

Mar 13th 2009, 11:34

Now that Medecins Sans Frontiers has withdrawn its services from detention facilities in Malta, who is now going to provide and pay for the medical treatment and care of the illegal immigrants detained in the centres?; silly me, it will be the Maltese tax-payers won't it.

Helena Psaila

Mar 13th 2009, 11:14

'NGOs are an undemocratic tool' - x'injoranza!

Alex Spiteri

Mar 13th 2009, 10:32

Good…finally a positive news from the ongoing illegal immigration saga!

All NGOs should get out of the way. They are putting unnecessary pressure on our puppet government in order to put African invaders above Maltese citizens status. NGOs are an undemocratic tool to manipulate governments on various issues. If you don’t approve the government views, then vote for other options when election comes That is true democracy!

and while, Russian great statesman Vladmir Putin kicked all NGOs from Russia, we in Malta, the state funds these bogus organizations!

Anthony Mercieca

Mar 13th 2009, 09:56

Medecins Sans Frontier is quite an international voice against injustice and exploitation. They do impress the general perception of world news that they persist where the hardest of conditions prevail. While I await the organization's press conference on their suspension of their activity with illegal immigrants locally, I hope that they won't end up blaming the local administration for the miserable conditions illegal immigrants find themselves. I hope the organizations won't end up demanding support for the unfortunate while washing its hands from further support. The Malta case on this subject demands full international support and not internal pressures

L..Galea

Mar 13th 2009, 09:51

To Barrot, MSF et al have a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7941060.stm
to see how illegal immigrants are treated in France

Desperate lives of Calais migrant
It has become a common sight for the people of Calais - men chasing lorries, pulling open the rear doors, and clambering inside, sometimes hanging precariously off the back, as the lorries swerve to shake off their unwanted cargo.
They are the migrants, who emerge each afternoon from makeshift camps to sit near busy road junctions and try their luck as trucks come by heading for the French port, and Britain.

That it happens in broad daylight as well as the dead of night is a sign of how brazen, and how desperate, these people have become.
But watching it happen can be risky too. We were chased off by men carrying big bits of wood as we tried to film. They were the traffickers who trade in the misery of many of their fellow countrymen......