49 migrants repatriated to Ghana

J Farrugia

Aug 12th 2009, 08:23

@ Denis Catania - please try to understand this. That since these illegal entrants into our island have no papers no identifications, they cannot be repatriated. They are so to say prisoners on our island. they cannot go out and they cannot abscond. So we have to tolerate their presence and permanence amongst us,, sorry to say. As much as I would love to see them repatriated. But feet on the ground, the government cannot do anything else. No country will accept these clandestini without proper papers.

Ramon Casha

Aug 12th 2009, 05:36

Well done to Ghana and everybody else involved. This is how things should be done.

Raymond Sammut

Aug 12th 2009, 02:02

"...after travel documents were issued by the African country." Why did it take Ghana this long to issue the travel documents? This clearly shows that diplomatic relations between Ghana and Malta need to be improved. With this kind of clerical inefficiency, trade and labour exchange cannot be carried out as well as one would hope in order to strengthen economies. It's not until Ghanaians started to appear on Malta illegally that we have become aware of this shortcoming between the two governments. If governments are going to serve their respective peoples as they should, one would expect a lot better than this.

D.Portelli

Aug 12th 2009, 00:44

This is surely a possitive sign.But first of all we shoul not allow them to enter our country.

p.grima

Aug 11th 2009, 23:54

Only 49? Send them all back ASAP.
They dared to cross the sea and we should likewise dare to send them back.

Mark Galea

Aug 11th 2009, 22:43

I suggest minister Mifsud Bonnici to send with them people who have racial hatred their way of life.

martin saliba

Aug 11th 2009, 22:03

Igalea.
Not all of them come from Libya. What about those form main land Europe.It would be racist to say send back only the Africans.

Anthony Bugeja

Aug 11th 2009, 22:00

Zero tolerance with all illegal immigrants !! That is the way forward.........

joe camenzuli

Aug 11th 2009, 22:00

OK they were returned to their own country, but what we want to know ...'How much money were each given to accept the repatriation?'.

Reuben Gauci

Aug 11th 2009, 21:58

The more repatriations and the lesser landings will make us less racist. This has become a fact of life in 2009 Malta! The authorities should sustain repatriation and stick their necks out in defence of lesser landings. This will ease the burden of racism on all of us!!!

Joe Fenech

Aug 11th 2009, 21:54

The most important thing is not to let them come in !!!!!!!!!!!

Denis Catania

Aug 11th 2009, 20:41

That's good but we are still about 750 in the red for 2009. We had about a 1000 arrivals not including the ones overstaying their visas.

lgalea

Aug 11th 2009, 20:38

Good job, but we want ALL illegal immigrants repatriated or sent back to Libya.

alex sciberras

Aug 11th 2009, 20:33

Well done!!!!

louise vella

Aug 11th 2009, 20:13

Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici deserves to be congratulated for sending back to Ghana a substantial number of illegal immigrants. However his task will not end until the last illegal immigrant is sent back to his or her country.