Tuesday, 7th April 2009 - 10:29CET
Maltese woman living in car after Italian earthquake
Camps are being set up for the survivors of the Italian earthquake who lost their homes.
The Foreign Ministry said this morning that it had made contact with several Maltese in l’Aquila following the earthquake which struck the Italian region yesterday.
It said arrangements have been made for a Maltese nun to return to Malta after having lost her home and all her belongings, including travel documents.
A Maltese woman married to an Italian and resident in the region said she was well, but is living in her car. It was not clear if her house had collapsed.
Another Maltese women who lives in L’Aquila with her three children said they are all well.
Another two Maltese women who live in nearby Chieti also said they are safe.
The Foreign Ministry thanked all those who had phoned to give it contact details on Maltese who are in the area hit by the earthquake. The phone number is 21242191.
The ministry said Foreign Minister Tonio Borg is in constant contact with the Maltese embassy in Rome to provide whatever assistance is necessary for the Maltese in the region.
Meanwhile, the Italian Interior Ministry said this morning that the death toll from the earthquake had risen to 179.
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Please pack your travelling bag and join us run to l'aquila help best you can to them people who's housing been devastated and lost all belongings through the earthquake.
That best to do , RATHER MIXING PEARS with the PRICKLY one.(langas mal baghajtar tax xewk)
What has to do people homeless due to an earthquake WITH KLANDESTINI?
Illegal immigrants put themselves in the situation they are, that is it is self-inflicted.
Martin Galea and wally vella-zarb also gave you pertinent answers.
Contrary to what some would have us believe, most of the illegal immigrants are in the predicament they find themselves in of their own doing.
Don't tell me that they are all escaping from war and persecution, Renald. If you have a genuine reason to seek refugee status, you would take along your passport or other form of ID that you can use to substantiate your country of origin, and your refugee status claims. Ideally, you would put it in a waterproof bag and strap it to your body with tape to make sure you don't lose it, because it is the most important document you have.
On the contrary, these 'klandestini', as you call them, purposely make themselves unidentifiable, and that is a big part of the reason why their cases take so long to process. What should we do in the meantime? Release these people into society without even knowing their names?