Just six EU countries accept EU migrants resettlement call
Just six EU member states have accepted to take migrants from Malta under a pilot resettlement project proposed by the European Commission.
EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said at a Home Affairs Ministers' meeting that France, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia had accepted to show solidarity with Malta. He called on other member states to join in.
The Commission had issued its call for countries to join the resettlement programme in July. The project involves financial aid to the participating countries based on the number of migrants who are resettled.
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Raymond Sammut
Sep 24th 2009, 12:33
"... better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ..." Just to set the records straight. The Maltese had all of these things long before the Romans set foot on Malta. They even had much more, among which honey, milk and satin are only a few.
J.Cini
Sep 23rd 2009, 12:25
Mr Mula, when you get some time please crawl away from under that rock you are under, look at an atlas, and you may discover that Malta and Italy are in fact AT the battlefront of the African Invasion and that Sweden is literally blissfully at the other end of the world - very, very far away from all the action - and unless you have an axe to grind, you'll find that religion has nothing to do with it!
While we are surely thankful for the financial assistance from countries like Sweden, paying,as it where their "pound of flesh" is the very least they can do. A bit like wartime army commanders sitting in front of a fire while their soldiers are pouring blood and sweat from inside the trenches.
m azzopardi
Sep 23rd 2009, 11:02
moses.. we already found a solution for the government and that is to send them back like Italy is doing.
We do not want any ILLEGAL immigrants because we want to remain a safe country where the elderly are still on the benches on the Sliema from at midnight and people can walk safely in the streets and not to lock our children inside by 7 in the evening like in Stockholm .
moses mula
Sep 22nd 2009, 21:51
@John Borg, a very good comment. What puzzles me is that the Maltese whine so much about the E.U. and yet our country gets more money from the E.U. than it pays while here in Sweden where people do actually pay more than they get ( i.e. part of their taxeso in fact to countries like Malta) do not whine as much. Regarding migrants, is it a surprise that the most religious countries in the E.U. ( Malta and Italy) seem to be the ones who would rather see their country immigrant free? Not to me at least. Maybe only six countries accepted this resettlement call, but their are a few others ( Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and a few others) who are contributing to our economy through their citizens taxes. If Malta is to be considered a mature country it should start coming up with solutions to solve its issues instead of trying to lump them on the E.U. The goverment should start taking note of those countries who have come up with immigrant solutions like Sweden. ( Some will point to a malmö incident a few years back, but try to find a detention centre there)
Lawrence Martinelli
Sep 22nd 2009, 21:29
@ John Borg = Thank you for the Monty Pyton amazing cukoo land story.
Of course I am an ignorant pessimist that managed to survive BEFORE
the E.U. invention.....without water , education , medical care , sanitation,
and the rest of the "goodies" you mention.
Yes, how different my life would have been without the Euro designs of
" imaginary " stone works ,imaginary bridges - cavernous arches & so on.
I missed the lot......Thank God.
Joseph Psalia
Sep 22nd 2009, 19:58
Burden sharing?
Given that most EU countries have a 'foreign-born' ratio of 10% (ie 10% of the population are immigrants), I think that Malta must realise that most EU countries already have a higher burden than Malta in this regard.
T.gauci
Sep 22nd 2009, 19:51
Have you seen the news lately...Why blame the EU ? the EU is already fed up with illegal immigration and its long term problems that brought in affected countries. let's get this straight: no sane country want to burden itself with more problems. you all have been brainwashed by the liberal's hideous myth that Europe needs immigrants in order to compensate for the state, as technology is advancing, there is no need for work force. artificial intelligence machinery will replace human work force by 2050.
C.R. Taliana
Sep 22nd 2009, 18:36
U intom nixtieq naf biex qed tiskantaw. Ghaliex tahsbu li kien hawn min kien kontra l-EU! Issa ftit ftit kollha tibdew tindunaw kemm tezisti l-UNION!!!
John Borg
Sep 22nd 2009, 18:18
Lawrence Martinelli question on what is the positive side to EU membership reminds me of a scene from Monty Pyton's Life of Brian. "Apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?" Of course the EU is not very useful to those who prefer to sit in front of their PC and feel sorry for themselves and their "poor" Malta.
mario gellel
Sep 22nd 2009, 18:13
@martinelli
there is no positive side for Malta in the EU. Time is proof enough that we where betrayed by The PN govts. You name us one single thing we gained from membership except about 10,000 illegal immigrants? Inflation is at it's peak, job losses an everyday news, healthcare in limbo , corruption in every manner,just to mention afew
Josef Muscat
Sep 22nd 2009, 17:21
I think mr Right is very right. We must start showing that we maltese are huminitarian. The island is full of empty appartments and I think that a good solution would be to add a tax for everyone that has an empty appartment. This tax could be avoided if an african family can stay in it. Why does not the church do more for these new maltese, our brothers?
john micallef
Sep 22nd 2009, 16:45
and there goes again the myth of burden sharing. mind you, barroso did not even feature illegal immigration on top of his agenda, what will gonzi do now that only 6 'small' eu nations will take some of these unwanted? deport all of them now eu or not
DVella
Sep 22nd 2009, 16:10
Now THERE'S a surprise ! ! ! Notable amongst their absences from this list are the bigoted 'holier than thou' states that have been repeatedly criticizing Malta for it's stand on illegal immigration ! ! !
Lawrence Martinelli
Sep 22nd 2009, 14:56
@ lgalea.........why did Malta join the EU ?
People were told it would bring prosperity , business....you name it .....
it would change people's approach to everything !
Well...it has certainly brought "boat visitors" using Malta as a "stepping stone"
into the EU MeccaLand.
What other "goodies" has it brought ? ......May be cost of living ?
More Euro Land tourists.......no need to change currency ?
Menbership of a " Large Fraternity of Nations ".
Someone please tell ,ignorant me, the positive side of the EU menbership.
Sandro Pace
Sep 22nd 2009, 14:38
Mark Galea
What happened to Maroni and Berlusconi?
Btw, there is no strong immigrant lobby.
No human rights should deter a country from stopping an invasion. It is up to them whether they want to depart or no.
Mark Galea
Sep 22nd 2009, 14:25
@All
by the way, given the human rights values EU upholds, any politician must be careful not to face human rights abuses in the future ... and we know what will happen to them if they finish up in an EU court, especially if the immigrant lobby will be strong ...
Joanne Micallef
Sep 22nd 2009, 14:23
It is a FACT that Malta is having to lump a disproportionate amount of illegal migrants, with all the negative repercussions that will definitely follow suit, because Dr Fenech Adami our Prime Minister at the time, gave into the EU and removed the reservations which Dr Borg Olivier had cleverly negotiated when he signed the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
It is a FACT that EU countries do not want more illegal immigrants to enter their borders. Anyone in parlament has the guts to actually tell us why????
It is a FACT that in the EU solidarity is only shown through words, which are clearly devoid of any true meaning when they will not go a step further to help a fellow EU country out even if that country is faced by such a serious threat.
It is a FACT that our Government could have used the ratification of the new Lisbon treaty as leverage to negotiate a FACTUAL agreement with the EU to finally alleviate this tiny island from the disproportionate burden it is having to shoulder when it comes to illegal immigration.
Mario Attard
Sep 22nd 2009, 13:58
@ Louise Vella
You couldn't have said it better. Just when will the Leader of this country stop this madness of thousands of economic migrants invading our tiny, feeble island. When?
m.cutajar
Sep 22nd 2009, 13:37
@ Joseph Calleja You are fully right.
louise vella
Sep 22nd 2009, 13:17
On June 8 2008, The Malta Independent on Sunday quoted Dr Gonzi as saying with reference to illegal immigrants that “It’s an invasion”. I thought that meant he would do something about it. Little did I realise that for Dr Gonzi an invasion means you bury your head in the sand and do absolutely nothing.
The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Malta is already higher than two quotas under our electoral system. Our politicians and our population are very much aware of the threats to our society, our economy and to our very identity as a nation. I expected Dr Gonzi to tell us honestly in his Independence Day speech what he thinks and how he intends to deal with a situation which is getting worse and worse by the day. Alas! What we had was just a passing reference to illegal immigration by Paul Borg Olivier and nothing from Dr Gonzi.
T.gauci
Sep 22nd 2009, 13:03
@Mr.Right
Wrong
Joseph Calleja
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:57
So lets say each of these Eu countries take 100 people each, that will leave Malta with about 6000/10,000. I would say that is not such a good investment. It seems that the majority of Maltese Citizens, except for the few bleeding hearts, want these illegal immigrants to be sent home and I agree. Our politicians are too busy discussing contraceptives, divorce, single mother benefits, beach umbrellas and so on. This illegal immigrant situation is going to get worse and out of control and it must be stopped. Since the other EU members don't want anything to do with helping Malta, then Malta has to help itself. The government has to find a way to send these people back, and stop others from infiltrating our shores. Italy is doing that very thing and it's working. This is not illegal immigration anymore, it has become an invasion and it's hurting Malta and the Maltese Citizen. Thank you EU solidarity!
A. E. Abela
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:52
Mr'Right' and your sort, whatever you say or do the unwanted/illegal foreigner will never become Maltese, rest assured that in our history, the Maltese resisted many invasions be it coming from the African continent or elsewhere. This is our country which our forefathers suffered to make it what it is; we have the obligation to pass it over to our children as a decent place to raise families in a civilized manner. Many people suffer around the world also Maltese waiting for medical treatment they cannot afford, people living in poverty lacking the basic needs, people waiting for a wheel chair or crutches, people that cannot leave their home cause there is no lift available and the list could goes on forever. Yes the Africans need help like the Palestinians, Iraqis, Chechens etc, and if we had the power we will gladly help them but we have no control over the large mining companies that are exploiting their resources. We do not produce and supply weapons to these people like many other countries and interfere/destabilize in their political/domestic affairs. If accepting these refugees, we are approving the abuse and corruption that is creating this mess, we become accomplices.
louise vella
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:49
We never ask these illegal immigrants to come to Malta. They are unwanted by the countries where they really want to go. They are causing Malta a lot of problems and a lot of trouble.
Enzo Caruana
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:40
Can Mr Lou Bondi or Mr Peppi Azzopardi invite Mr Gunther Verheugen back in Malta and ask him about his EU solidarity sermons he preached so convincingly on their TV shows in the EU membership campaign?
We were led to beleive then that it was a question of "one for all and all for one" It is now more than clear that we have been taken for a ride.
lgalea
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:24
Mark Galea
NOt make it to the news? Have a look at this link to see how they are being treated in France and what the British people are saying to Barrot when he told them to take the illegal immigrants from France.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1214848/Britain-obsessed-asylum-seekers-let-UK-earliest-convenience-says-Europes-Justice-Commisioner.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0Rk0CVISH
C. Farrugia
Sep 22nd 2009, 12:00
Re-settlemet does not make sense. The more illegal immigrants are re-settleed in other European countries, the more scope there is for others to come. The only solution is to ship them back. That way all illigal immigration will stop as there will be no scope for it, as they will finish where they started from. This will stop the deaths at sea and close down the illegal immigration Mafia. The pro-immigrant NGOs are only playing into the hands of the immigration Mafia.
Mario Attard
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:53
Well, we were right that burden sharing is just a joke. Yet, many tried to ridicule us for when we protested against it in Valletta. Who's laughing now? Let us see how many thousands of our burden shall be taken.
John Portelli
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:47
WHO NEEDS THE BURDEN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION??
WHY SHOULD EU NATIONS TAKE THEM??
WHY LET THEM IN ,IN THE FIRST PLACE??
THE MALTESE GOVERNMENT BROUGHT THEM INTO MALTA, NOT THE EU
SO GONZI YOU FIND A SOLUTION,IT WAS YOU THE PEOPLE TRUSTED
Mark Cushcieri
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:38
claiming refugee status is a joke...and boviously a total lie...do pregnant women escape from war? do the malta leave their wife children behind? certainly not..they are economic migrants and Gonzi should make a statement that this abusive lie will stop ...and ALL of them 100% economic migrants will be sent back. otherwise bring proof you were in a war..a bullet in your body should do fine.
Eric Frendo
Sep 22nd 2009, 11:20
Thank you european neighbours! Of course you don't want them! And if you take them more immigrants will come so then we will settle them comfortably with a job and a flat in an EU country. We want help so we can do like Italy had the guts to do and send them back to Africa!
John Azzopardi
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:58
The Maltese are being played for fools. Period. Wake up people and put pressure on both Gonzi and the PL to act to change their policy and stop accepting these illegal immigrants once and for all and repatriate those that are here. We talk about illegals and we are creating a whole somalian community among our midst. Somalia today is a country of 2 nations. Don't let little malta disintegrate in 25/50 years time. Le'ts not allow what our forefathers gained to go to waste. Also, why would EU nations want to take illegal immigrants whom they don't know anything about and share a totally different culture to their countries. They are much smarter than we are.
I. Cilia
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:52
Mr Right..... i think that you really got it WRONG this time...
Mark Galea
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:50
@All
seems that only the usual few are writing ... at this rate immigration news will not even make it to the news ...
Lewis Balzan
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:47
Malta in the EU is just considered as an irrelevant speck of dust. Where's the solidarity Dr Gonzi? About time we removed our inferiority complex and adopt the Maltese saying: L-ixkubetta fiha l-grillu u kulhadd jaghmel kif jaqbillu. Where's Dom?
A. Schembri
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:41
If anyone wants something done, then do it yourself.
Anyone heard of sombody had to do it, anybody could have done it but nobody did it. The result more migrants in Malta. Unless you Maltese protect your country, how do you expect other to protect it for you. As the Maltese saying goes, 'Ghajn ruhek biex Alla jghejnek' and another 'Tistennix il-bajtra taqa f'halqek'.
As someone known is Malta says @We shall stop them 14 miles out!'
Wake up guys!!!! wake up
If not by hook then by crook. Do something for once and show your polititions that you mean business if they mean sweet FA
D Cardona
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:29
basta ffirmajna il burden sharing....
Adriano Spiteri
Sep 22nd 2009, 10:08
Mr Barrot is mentioned in this article and not Simon Busuttil, the one that came up with the infantile idea of burden sharing.
Verheugen had already stated that it failed and now we are getting the confirmation.
Of course, Simon will work harder to convince an MEP or two BUT:
THE TERM RESETTLEMENT SHOULD MEAN: AFRICANS ACK TO AFRICA
Get it Simon?
Mark Cushcieri
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:58
Gonzi make a statement immediately that we will change our immigration policy in our national interest...increase the detention time like other countries which we have a full right...and demand proof if they are really asylum seekers or simply economic migrants...which 99% of them are. Show them we have guts gonzi or they will thread all over us.
Michael Baldry
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:52
Alex Right are you serious? Malta is the size of the Isle of Wight try to imagine the economic and social implications of ten thousand illegal immigrants landing there. The world is in recession with record unemployment all over the EC so where will these unskilled people many of whom cannot speak English/Maltese find work? Illegals must be stopped at source and African countries must be helped by the EC/USA.Malta the UK and most EC governments are so much in debt it will take decades to pay off they cannot afford to pay more benefits! The illegals also will increase the crime rate on a country reliant on tourism this is not scaremongering but fact.
R.Gauci
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:49
@ Alex Right
So you are suggesting that the EU will help to pay for apartments in Sliema and St.Julians for the illegal Immigrants when the Maltese citizens can't afford to buy a matchbox property in any part of the Island without carrying the burden of a life time mortgage or loan is it this discrimination or Racism??!!
What guarantee you get that once they settle down in Malta they will be a boost to its economy when most of them in other countries like Ireland finished to live on social benefits rather then work and don't want to pay for services such as a bus ticket ??
It will be more burden on our Social Security System when its already hard for the Maltese Goverment to make a budget for it!!
Your idea will be good if these illegals immigrants will do such as the eight thousands that have a valid work permit to stay in Malta , pay rent or bought property, buy food,clothes etc. but with money from their pockets not from our Taxes ( Even if some money is coming from the EU) those are the one that make more business for the Island !!
robert axisa
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:38
lill dawn is sitta nivvutawlom fil eurovision !!!
colin stanley
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:31
dear Mr. Right, according to people like yourself, and other dogooders, these illegals, had nothing from where they came.Now that they are here you would like to reward them,by giving them a flat or house in sliema,maybe on Tower road . Tell us MR. RIGHT, (very appropriate name ) how many flats are you going to donate,If you haven't got any flats to give, how many illegals do you keep at home, to care for. don't you think that we have a lot of Maltese who want to start a new life and need a home.Maybe they don't matter to you. and what's this NEW MALTESE thing , you are either Maltese or foreigner.
Joe Grima
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:22
It is when facts hit one in the face that the chips fall down on promises. How many blue-covered, starred EU publications, based on the one-for-all- all-for-one principle pf collective solidarity did we read and distribute before the EU referendum? Scores? Hundreds? Now the chips are down and we can understand what the real EU is all about. It is an egotistic society in which most member States are in it for all they can get from it without giving anything back in return. The next time any EU Commissioner tells Malta off for allegedly doing what it is not right by the EU, we can all give him a collective, visible and unmistakable sign that he/she will clearly understand but that would be censurable to describe in this column.
louise vella
Sep 22nd 2009, 09:08
If illegal immigrants were a resource everybody would be fighting to take as many of them as possible. Fact is nobody wants them. Now the EU should stop preaching to us about how we should treat illegal immigrants, and that we should take unlimited numbers of them. They do not want them, neither do we. Remember now we no longer have the safety valve of Maltese traffickers taking them by boat to Sicily. the Italians have grown wise to that. All the illegal immigrants who come to Malta will have to stay in Malta, except the few we are relieved of by other EU countries.
lgalea
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:59
Edgar Gatt
Stop clutching at straws Gatt and come back to your senses.
Jeremy J Camilleri
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:57
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Calais-Immigrant-Jungle-Evacuation-French-Police-Begin-Dismantling-Camp/Article/200909315385790?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15385790_Calais_Immigrant_Jungle_Evacuation%3A_French_Police_Begin_Dismantling_Camp
lgalea
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:56
See how the British people answered Barrot when he tried to tell them to take the illegal immigrants from France.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1214848/Britain-obsessed-asylum-seekers-let-UK-earliest-convenience-says-Europes-Justice-Commisioner.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0Rk0CVISH
One comment said this: Jaques Barrot is a convicted criminal who was found guilty by the French courts of embezzlement. He was pardonned and then sent to Brussels by his friend Chirac to get him out of French politics where he was completely discredited. We should not be taking orders from this corrupt commissioner.
David Craig
Author "The Great European Rip-Off"
- David Craig, Bournemouth, UK, 21/9/2009
This shows how we are being treated by the eu and how eu membership is a curse for Malta and the Maltese people. The only way out of the mess that Malta has been led into when it joined the eu is to GET OUT of the eu, repeal all eu laws and regulations, repeal any rights given to eu countries citizens, repeal the refugee convention and expel all illegal immigrants from wherever they came, be it africa, europe, asia or wherever.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:53
@ Alex Right
Good point, let's get out of the EU and become a haven in Africa and live happily ever after like one big happy race.
Mike Magri
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:50
Haaa.. Ha...
Ewropa Maghquda `MY FOOT`, biex nghida bil-pulit.....!!!!
Naghmlu dak li jaqbel lilna u xejn inqas, ghax il-maggoranza assoluta ta shabna..(!!!!) fl-Unjoni Ewropea, (minbarra sitta, u l-anqas dawn ma nafu ezatt kemm huma lesti li jiehdu), urewna bl-aktar mod car, li jigu jaqghu u jqumu minnha l-Maltin u l-Ghawdxin kollha..!! Mela ghalijja, dan narah bhala l-akbar cans ghalina l-Maltin sabiex id-decizjonijiet fuq dawn il-kazi, naghmluhom ahna, u ezatt kif dejjem jaqbel lilna u ma noqodu nitkarrbu LILL HADD...
s . pulis
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:41
@ D Muscat
Though i fully agree with some of your argument i really doubt the statement "unskilled people". Some of these people are far from unskilled people.
m azzopardi
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:41
Alex Right...are you going crazy by suggesting we give them apartments in Sliema.They are not the new Maltesze citizens. They are illegal immigrants. We are not ready to do the same mistake like the UK who after they resettled the immigrants they ended up foreigners in their own country.
Malta always welcomed immigrants who came here to work and contributed to the economy but these ILLEGAL immigrants are just a burden on the economy.
I have been saying this for ages now. Nobody wants other countries' problems on his door step.
The only solution against illegal immigration is to send them back. Burden sharing does not work!!!
Sandro Pace
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:40
@Alex Right
That would surely be what the people in Sliema and St Julians want. These newly Maltese and further crowding would surely raise the value of their properties.
And what would happen, when these apartments are full up and they still come? Building more apartments isnt it?
Sandro Pace
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:32
This means that the international community fails to recognise our country's limitations in dealing with this problem since theoretically Malta must accept whatever is thrown at her.
Most people swallowed what was passed in the EP prior to the MEP election, as something signficant or accomplished. I hope people will learn not to be taken for a ride anymore.
Such failure should untie Malta from any obligations re. the Dublin treaty, and stop fingerprinting migrants, allowing them to go to the mainland unhindered. This is also PL policy. Should there be any retaliation, then there we should use the veto.
This government so far is failing in the immigration issue and is jeopardising the country.
Mark Cushcieri
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:30
At the moment, each EU state decides for itself who should be considered a refugee and what treatment they should receive. This means that the same person could be accepted as an asylum seeker in one country and rejected as an illegal immigrant by its neighbor. - if this is not a hint ..i dont know what is..GONZI TAKE ACTION NOWWWWWWW
David Muscat
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:15
What do you expect? No one wants immigrants. Who wants thousands of unskilled people who will end up living on benefits paid for by the taxpayer.
Repatriation is the solution. Resettlement only encourages more to come.
Alex Right
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:14
Malta has 15% of all the apartments in sliema and St Julians empty, wuld it not be good to get some "new Maltese" citizens that can start generating money and move into these apartments and generate money to the Island. Immigrants are not always a cost but often a source of income if they are treated in the right way and given the possibility to contribute to the country. I think it is time to stop calling the people immigrants and instead see them as new maltese, help them and see them as the resource they are. Maybe the European Union could lp with funds to pay for the initial help needed, but let these people stay and become Maltese by heart and give back what we give them now in a few years time.
Chris Galea
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:12
.....errrr this resettlement programme, does it not encourage more immigrants to land in Malta? They now know that it is easier to end up somewhere in Europe. Passport to officially invade Europe.........
Mario Delicata
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:12
European Union must take more concrete action rather than Barrioso's BLA BLA BLA.
"Emigants must be kept by the country they land on " Easier said than done, now its time for action! Where is the union between the European countries ? These ILLEGAL MIGRANTS must be given food and medicine needed but then sent back to the country they came from. Everything that is illegal is not exceptable.
Edgar Gatt
Sep 22nd 2009, 08:09
I find the heading of this news item rather negative. Just Six. Remember that some few months ago ,on Malta's proposal for burden sharing ,no other country accepted. At least a few months later we have six countries. Things do not happen overnight. This is a very good start.
V.Micallef
Sep 22nd 2009, 07:56
Now stop whining, will you? What did you really expect from the EU? When will you grow up and stop acting like cry-babies?
Muscat. Pat
Sep 22nd 2009, 07:51
This shows that the EU is all words but little action. They think Malta is expedient and turning Malta into a Lempedusa, would solve their"holier than thou"attitude. Africa.s problems have to be solved at source, in Africa, with fair trade ,justice and the end of playing second fiddle to corrupt dictators. But then, the large EU countries would not want to hurt their oil and mineral interests would they? They would rather hurt us!
Edwin Mifsud
Sep 22nd 2009, 07:42
This is why other EU states should have no say on how Malta should handle the problem.
Where are the "Doctors without frontiers", "Le iene" crew and Graffiti?
R Axisa
Sep 22nd 2009, 07:25
Dak ir-rispett tal-pajjizi tal-EU lejn Malta??? Din x'Ewropa hi??? Kulhadd jigbed lejh!