Eritrean jailed for escaping detention centre

A 17-year-old youth was jailed for two months after he pleaded guilty to escaping from the Safi detention centre in January. The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is from Eritrea and had been in detention for a number of months. On...

A 17-year-old youth was jailed for two months after he pleaded guilty to escaping from the Safi detention centre in January.

The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is from Eritrea and had been in detention for a number of months.

On hearing his guilty plea, Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona jailed him for two months.

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