Jailed for trying to escape

sean grima

Mar 6th 2010, 13:55

irrespective of what people like louise or lawrence galea (who are far from being the majority of maltese) think, they cannot be sent back to their country, since they want to be as far away from it as possible.

Francis Bellizzi

Mar 6th 2010, 08:45

Where do they find all these forged documents? Are they getting these from Malta? And as for the EU report yesterday stating that Malta gets more than it`s fair share of illegals, I noticed that won`t stop OUR partners in the EU from sending them back here. Soon there will be more illegals than local population!

C.ZARB

Mar 6th 2010, 08:17

The government should put his foot down and insist that he will not accept immigrants who had gone to Europe back, until some real solution (not the frontex or voluntary burden sharing joke but something serious) had been found. We should be considered as a respected EU country and not EU unofficial detention center.

lgalea

Mar 6th 2010, 08:06

Joseph Grech They can depart to their own countries and the government should make sure that they leave or be deported back to their own countries. They have absolutely NO right to be here and are an unwanted and unwelcome burden on the vast majority of Maltese taxpayers. Brussels? Remember Franco Frattini who said he wanted to make Malta and Cyprus open illegal immigrants centres? Seems that he is doing it with the despicable collaboration of our Quislings.

lgalea

Mar 5th 2010, 22:17

louise vella Totally agree with you, but our incompetent Prime Minister dogooder is simply burdening the Maltese tax-payers.

J.Spiteri

Mar 5th 2010, 18:35

Sitwazzjoni tad-dahk u tal- biki fl-istess hin !

louise vella

Mar 5th 2010, 18:33

This news item is very eloquent. A Nigerian escaped and was sent back to Malta. Three Somalis and a Burkinabe tried to escape with false papers. All four are in prison having free board and lodging at the expense of the Maltese taxpayer. They should all be sent back to their own countries immediately.

Joseph Grech

Mar 5th 2010, 18:07

What an unfortunate situation our country - and people like these - are in!
They arrive - very often illegally. They used to be put into jail for so doing - but I do not know if this is still the case. They are put into detention.
They present an application for political asylum or humanitarian consideration.
Those whose application is rejected one day find themselves on the streets or in special homes. Some find work; others do not. Government helps them.
At least a percentage of these people keep on looking for ways to depart from Malta. They have no access to proper travel documents so some may fall into the temptation of using forged documents - a serious and illegal act.
They are caught and returned to Malta where they are jailed.
Surely this situation needs to be addressed. What is the E.U. doing about it all? Brussels declares that Malta is the most badly hit of all the E.U. countries by illegal immigration but it does nothing to stop the flow.
Neither does Brussels insist that these people should be provided with travel documents when they wish to move on.....
Where are the champions of these immigrants?

Mario Attard

Mar 5th 2010, 17:32

This has become ridiculous. We are reading this news practically every week.. Is there enough space in the prison to hold all these escapees? With this rate, it won't be long to have more foreigners than locals in our prisons.!!

Denis Catania

Mar 5th 2010, 17:06

An immigration hold pending deportation should be put on them. This will allow the government to keep them detained until deportation it's a common practice in the U.S.A when an illegal immigrant gets arrested.