I am writing concerning an article that appeared on both the timesofmalta.com and The Times about an incident that occurred between two Somali women (Washbasin Row Leads To Biting Incident, January 20). It was mistakenly reported that the incident took place at the Marsa Open Centre and that they were discharged from the centre and their children are being cared for by the centre.

Firstly, no such incident took place at the Marsa Open Centre and the two women are not residents at the centre either. As a result, we are not aware of the incident reported and no children are being kept at the Marsa Open Centre.

For future reference, the Marsa Open Centre provides temporary accommodation for adult male migrants only. As such, we do not have families, women or children in the centre. Any queries concerning these two women must be directed to the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum-Seekers.

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