Solidarity movement lambasts migrants' return

Sean Grima

Jul 27th 2010, 11:33

it is easy for people to think with their emotions - or should that be prejudice? - and say that these immigrants are illegal because they arrive without a visa and should thus be repatriated .what they conveniently omit to mention is that maltese law also protects the right to seek asylum - even if a migrant has arrived illegally. if the government sends them back, it would be violating maltese law.

all other conjectures of social upheavel and economic considerations, besides being, at best, arguable on their merits, are irrelevant: it is the law which counts.

llino agius

Jul 27th 2010, 08:41

Well said mr. Robert Calafato,could all these people who says Libya is not a safe place please explain!

sandra camilleri

Jul 26th 2010, 19:31

The Migrants' Solidarity Movement should thank our men that risk their lives in order to help these people instead of complaining. Why don't they try to do the same job the AFM do? Then talk.

Joseph calleja

Jul 26th 2010, 18:24

The Solidarity Movement should address any complaints to the human traffickers. They might even ask for a refund. The illegal migrants should go down on their knees and thank the brave sailors of the AFM for rescuing them. Yes the 25 illegal migrants were brought to Malta on a Maltese AFM boat so they should be indebted that at least 25 of them were rescued by the AFM, but nobody cares about that. To think that one of these illegals sacrificed his pregnant wife in order to save his skin, now that is what the solidarity movement should be talking about. It seems to me that these people are very ungrateful towards the Maltese people for saving their lives and bringing them to Malta after which they will be fed, given clothing and sheltered by the Maltese tax payer. These people don't appreciate what Malta is doing for them and maybe what some people say is true, if they don't like the way we do things, then don't come here.

Robert Calafato

Jul 26th 2010, 17:42

Sorry, but something here just does not make sense.

If Libya is so "unsafe", why do the Somalis go there in the first place? Surely there are closer and safer countries they could "flee" to?

Louise Vella

Jul 26th 2010, 13:41

We are seeing many of these NGOs popping up. Most of them have few members and some members belong to several NGOs. The main advantage is that each NGO will the ask for money from the Government’s Lottery Fund or from the Community Chest Fund or, better still from the EU. The second advantage is that the same things said by several NGOs give the impression of being the opinion of civil society. But the opinion of the ordinary people of Malta is better expressed by the timesofmalta.com poll, at the moment 3167 have responded and 80.2 % have voted in favour of sending the Somali illegal immigrants back to Libya.

Joseph Cauchi

Jul 26th 2010, 11:08

Could we kindly know how many registered members does this non-governmental organization - Migrants' Solidarity Movement- have?

JC.