Six migrants embarking on new life in Luxembourg

Six immigrants from Somalia and Eritrea left Malta for Luxembourg early this morning where they are going to be relocated as part of the EU pilot project for the relocation of immigrants based in Malta.

The group includes an Eritrean couple saved from drowning in 2005 and two Somali mothers together with their one-year-old babies. They had arrived in Malta in 2006.

In Luxembourg, the immigrants will be helped to integrate through an assistance package which will include two apartments to live in for a year, as well as training in the French language. Their progress will be followed by the Minister for Family and Integration.

Last year, Luxembourg had taken part in the Frontex operations.

The Home Affairs Ministry thanked Luxembourg for its solidarity with Malta and the International Migration Organisation for its logistic assistance.

Less than a month ago, a group of around 100 immigrants who had been based in Malta started a new life in France.