Italy declares Lampedusa an 'unsafe port'
Lampedusa has been declared an unsafe port by the Italian authorities, a decision which could have implications for Malta since international law says that people rescued at sea must be taken to the nearest safe port.
The Italian government's decision was taken in the wake of violent disturbances (see video) which saw Tunisian migrants set fire and damage the island's reception centre and other buildings.
The Italian government said newly intercepted or rescued migrants will be taken to Sicily.
Most of the 1200 migrants who were on Lampedusa have been moved and some 700 have been held on ships in Palermo, Sicily, for the past three days.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the migrants in Palermo will all be repatriated within a few days. A further 600 Tunisians were repatriated last week.
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Mr Emmanuel Bonnici
Sep 26th 2011, 14:46
I do not blame the Italians for trying to find the hundredth excuse in order to stop the continuous influx of immigrants.
I compare Lampedusa and in a way Malta, like that classroom with a capacity of 25 students, but somehow, the school accepts to have 60 students in total, resulting in what: stress, tension, squabbles, fights...Would you be happy to let your precious offspring - after god knows what you did to educate him - be in a class with 60 students? I wouldn't and I'm sure you won't and will do your utmost to find a better way to solve the issue.
On a more concrete example, is a rabbit cage (issa don't tell me that we should not keep rabbits) - whereas the cage has the space for 3 rabbits, and more are placed. With 5 it's tight, with 8 its unbearably suffocating and with 15 havoc ensues.
THAT'S WHATS HAPPENING IN LAMPEDUSA!
Too much is too much.
I can only admire the Libyans for instead of choosing the easy way out like most of these laissez-faire illegal immigrants are doing, have opted to stay in their homeland fighting for their own rights. It was only thanks to their fighting spirit that that rat of a dictator was toppled down as the Western aid arrived after they started. By escaping from your homeland, you risk of never returning back.
Let's hope that the African Spring Revolution incluences all those countries which are currently living in miserable unfair conditions.
Help from Malta should not be that of accepting in aeternum illigal immigrants, as otherwise we would end up needing help ourselves, but what we have been doing in the recent past, that of offering assistance, sending volunteers, money... to their country.
Mr joseph cini
Sep 26th 2011, 12:35
@ Gustav, Malta's best friend!...............you oughta talk!!!
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/sweden/TTPIRAOGG1LM1GFM6
Now, hold your head down in shame
angelo cilia
Sep 26th 2011, 19:11
Right on Joseph Cini,
Don't forget that unless you are of pure germanic, anglo saxon or celtic genetic stock you can never be classified as a caucasian according to the narrow rules of these perfect northern europeans.
It is a very exclusive club that is at the very pinnacle of the human race so they think, yet the same bunch are now quick to label you a racist if you object to the NWO plan of creating chaos through bringing in of alien groups and cultures in huge quantities to dilute your nation and culture while bankrupting the middle class through heavy taxes and good paying job erosion.
No one voted for or agreed to all this and the new mantra now is nationalism is dead and the nation state is an idea of a different time that they now want to destroy it to usher in their new game plan that is much more profitable for the controlling few .
Ms D Galea
Sep 25th 2011, 22:30
What a lot o fuss about nothing. If Lampedusa is declared unsafe then they can transport them to mainland Italy via some port in Sicily. The Tunisians want to get to mainland Europe not get stuck in some detention centre or African ghetto in Malta.
Ms B Cassar
Sep 26th 2011, 12:00
Hope that if you are not land and get into Malta, they are brought to your home. So that for once you will understand the shame in your comments.
Yes we do fuss, because maybe unlike you we love our country and we want our peace of mind. Go to some italian websites and you will learn how much more criminality people of lampedusa had to endure since tunisian landings. ast week the mayor was closed in his office with a racket near his desk afraid to be assaulted from such illegal immigrants. I think you are so close minded and selfish as protrayed in yur comments that you don't even check italian news. Probably that's why you are so welcoming illegal immigrants. No person in sane would want riots to land on his homeland.
Ms D Galea
Sep 26th 2011, 13:54
@Ms Cassar,
what exactly are you on about?
I suggest you spend a second or two reading the posts first before you rush to answer them.
Ms Monica Muscat
Sep 25th 2011, 18:40
On what grounds was this declaration made? I do not quite understand! Overpopulation? Lack of proper sanitary conditions? Lack of police surveillance?
Someone might say that if the inmates rioted it was for some reason. It might be. But even here in Malta we had riots in detention centres. What do we do now? Follow the Italians?
Mark-anthony Fenech
Sep 25th 2011, 18:20
If we declare Malta as an unsafe port then that means no more cruise liners for starters, a devastating blow to the tourism industry... Please think before blathering comments out...
Mr Peter Korsten
Sep 26th 2011, 07:22
That's the first thing that I thought, too. But look at the bright side: this is a good way to gather a list of names of people that are prepared to write stupidities under their own names.
joseph gaffarena
Sep 25th 2011, 18:06
italy is in the EU, and declared lampedusa an unsafe port, we should follow them.
We are learning some foreign affairs from our neighbour country, why we were not the first time to do so.
Mr carlos ellul
Sep 25th 2011, 18:05
Oh wait, which example should we follow exactly? Should we follow the RCC in Malta who has money to burn in the anti divorce campaign but find it hard to find a euro or two to compensate those kids whose priests ruined their live in the first place? Or should we look towards our EU brothers who hide behind the Dublin 2 treaty which forces us to keep immigrants LOCKED in Malta when what they want is to go elsewhere? Which solidarity should we copy exactly?
We're a small nation and our little resources are already stretched to the limit. I feel sorry for these guys but for the good of both locals and immigrants we can't keep on receiving any more immigrants.
BTW Anyone mentioning our EU membership as the salvation to our little island is deluded at best. We already had a good standard of living long before we entered the EU.
Adriano Spiteri
Sep 25th 2011, 17:35
Seems like integration failed just like Mr S.Busuttil's burden sharing did.
Mr Michael Buhagiar
Sep 25th 2011, 16:40
if Italy could declare Lamdedusa an unsafe port, Malta will have to do the same. Out of Lampedusa ports thefishing boats go out to fish, so with the same reason Lampedusa IS a safe port and therefore this unilateral action goes agaisnt Malta's interests. And therefore Malta must and should immediately declare the whole of Malta as an unsafe port for illegal immigration.
Ms B Cassar
Sep 26th 2011, 12:07
For once since your comments I fully agree with you.
Some are arguing that cruise liners wouldn't be able to enter. I think that italians will be accepting any type of boat in lampedusa as long as they are not illegals. Therefore, the same should be done by Malta. We have all the right to accept legal people on our shores and refuse illegal ones. Many times alot of bloggers forget that there is a big difference between tourists coming on cruise liners hence legal and those that pick up a boat and decide to cross the mediterranean that is illegal.
Ms Louise Vella
Sep 25th 2011, 16:33
Why should Malta be the only country to observe its so-called 'international obligations'? Why should Malta be the only country to be inspired by so-called 'Christian values'? Is it not high time we put Malta's national interest above all other considerations?
Mr Joe Camilleri
Sep 25th 2011, 16:03
If Norman L was ther, he would have had the time of his life.
Ms B Cassar
Sep 26th 2011, 12:09
They have taken him to court and what not. Maybe he went down hard on this subject but it seems that he is and will be proven right in many of his arguments. I just wish that he was mistaken but unfortunately many of his words come up to my mind when I see such articles.
Mr Robert Callus
Sep 25th 2011, 16:00
And WHO is behind this crisis if not Lega Nord. and Roberto Maroni? Extreme racists, not only against the Arabs but even worse against Southern Italians. Using migration to reach their own real objective: The Padania region getting indipendence. Of course the migrants remain stuck in Lampedusa. What do you expect when their version of Radio 101 or SUper1 is spreading this hatred towards Italians living in the South:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EnxMiMSUcE
Divide and rule politics at it's best.
angelo cilia
Sep 25th 2011, 21:12
You failed to mention TV Nessma in Tunisia, funded and partially owned by Burlusconi, showing the young arab men the easy and pleasurable life of forbidden fruit in western europe as a cheap draw to come to europe by any means possible. So these bought and paid for european critters talk from both sides of their mouths.
angelo cilia
Sep 25th 2011, 22:02
You failed to mention TV Nessma in Tunisia, funded and partially owned by Burlusconi, showing the young arab men the easy and pleasurable life of forbidden fruit in western europe as a cheap draw to come to europe by any means possible. So these bought and paid for european critters talk from both sides of their mouths.
Gustav Svensson
Sep 25th 2011, 15:28
Lots of racist comments..stonage mentality, well what can you expect...
Mr Joseph Calleja
Sep 25th 2011, 18:07
What makes you such an expert? There is nothing stone age mentality in these comments. You are way far away from it all and have no clue of living amid a riot. The Italian government has every right to protect the people of Lampedusa from the rioters and must do what it takes to stop a riot. These illegal immigrants took over what used to be a nice place to live but all of a sudden the life of the citizens of Lampedusa is being taken over by illegal immigrants. What would you do if these people invaded your privacy and took over your precious land? Would you be willing to invite them into your house? Please don't go there. You are entitled to your opinion and so is everybody else. You are the pot calling the kettle black. Not everybody has to agree with you.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Sep 25th 2011, 20:29
Whoever doesn't like it is free to leave
angelo cilia
Sep 25th 2011, 21:24
The stone-age mentality is exactly what these uninvited illegal aliens bring to any european nation with their corrosive culture and their unwarranted sense of entitlement.
Is a 122 square mile barren island with one of the highest population density in the world is suppose to invite and cater to all of africa's population now because you do gooders say so?
Paul McIlroy
Sep 26th 2011, 06:54
MALCOLM SEYCHELL's comments are typical of the uneducated. It's like saying you can live in our country but don't you dare have an opinion or disagree with anything we say. Grow up and join the 21st century Mr. Seychell
Mr Emmanuel Bonnici
Sep 26th 2011, 07:27
Whoever doesn't like it is free to leave!
Are you referring to the people of Lampedusa to leave from their homeland! How ironic! So in order to accommodate you, I am forced either to lump it or to leave it!
Where would you go all of a sudden? Are you ready to move from your country if we had to arrive to such a situation. I won't!!! I would stand up for what is mine and do my utmost to revert my miserable situation to a happier one.
Aren't you realising that Lampedusa has reached more than it's full capacity of how many immigrants it can take?
Joe Gatt
Sep 26th 2011, 09:33
`stone age mentality`
Gustav, are you living in some time warp?
Unfortunately this is happening, like right now.
Buddy you need to wake up.
Ms B Cassar
Sep 26th 2011, 12:23
You do gooders are all of the same ilk. The moment fact come up, the moment actual things and fears for our country peace do not come to you as pleasurable, you know only one world which is racist. If protecting my country and my life is being racist then you are giving me a compliment. I am tired of being labelled racist only because I want Malta to remain of the maltese instead of becoming New York, a land of no one, of no traditions, of no religion and what not.
You are all so keen to adapt to them yet it never comes to your mind that if you go to their countries it's a one way negotiation. Either you adapt to their country and their way of living or you are doomed. While here in Malta if we ask them to adapt to our traditions and behave well and enter legally we are labelled racist. On the other hand you mention so much racism while you happen to forget that often they are racists themselves, towards their same people and more frequently against people so called "whites". But this latter racism is often not good for the ears of you do gooders. It seems that you do not have people that work with them, otherwise you will have a good list of how racism is done from "black" against "white". So it is a knife that cuts both ways Mr. Svensson.
Mr Tony Camilleri
Sep 25th 2011, 15:08
Another Berlusconata.
Joseph Sammut
Sep 26th 2011, 05:20
It's more likely Moronata
Ramon Casha
Sep 25th 2011, 14:39
No problem. Just declare Malta an unsafe port too.
Alfred Falzon
Sep 25th 2011, 14:35
The Berlusconi government, kept clutching at selfish Bossi's "Lega Nord" straw, has made most Italians blush with shame!
After the disgraceful scenes we beheld on Lampedusa, with wretched Tunisian immigrants literally being herded out and brutally pushed over a two-storey building by police thugs, and at great risk to their life and limb, we have only left one conclusion to draw:
The Berlusconi Government must GO!
You are an affront to your country and the rest of Europe!
The Italians have had enough of your antics and feel that they cannot tolerate this state of affairs any longer!
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Sep 25th 2011, 14:11
GILETTI , FOR YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr C Busuttil
Sep 25th 2011, 13:53
All those who are defending these illegal immigrants, should know that these peaceful beings caused havoc on Lampedusa to such extent that they threatened to blow a petrol station on one case. Things got out of hand as the people of lampedusa took things in their hands which resulted in a hunt for the immigrant by people armed with iron bars.
The Italians have done what we should do, these are not desperate human beings escaping war but tunisians trying adventure in Europe
Mr M camilleri
Sep 25th 2011, 13:49
viva berlusconi.. basta niposaw u nohdulu bidejh...
Pisellu Pisellu
Sep 25th 2011, 13:48
Well it seems to me that if Italy cant cope how on earth will Malta??? How can anyone be pityfull with people who cause havoc; burning up their quarters, rioting, etc... They surly know their presence is not accomodated by the people, and its ILLIGAL, so what more do they want? Red carpet? the Majority of the citizens work their butts off to cope with life, whilst immigrants just sitt & wait for the next FREE meal, FREE electricity, Free water, FREE cloths.. etc... then they have the nerve to RIOT????? beggars AND choosers???
Malta has always fought its own battles when we had anyone who was pissing the Maltese off, they (french, turks, etc) were kicked off the island... So instead of compromising other countries' financial situation, why dont these people wake up & fight their own batles, instead of lumping thieir problems on others??
This is NOT a humanitarian, Christian, Muslem, etc issue & I realy hope that these 'Humanitaian' CLUBS'wake up & occupy their lonley time in doing somthing REALY usefull to their counties & fellow COUNTRYMEN!
Ms M Mifsud
Sep 25th 2011, 13:25
Veru kaz ta' min ma rnexxilux JOHROG mill-bieb, HAREG mit-tieqa! Berlusconi kellu bzonn itella' hafna punti wara l-iskandli recenti,.......
Charles Sammut
Sep 25th 2011, 13:07
Mahdia port in Tunisia is nearer to Lampedusa than Malta. They can be taken there.
And all those bleeding hearts playing the race card, save your time, it does not work any longer. If wanting to preserve our culture and identity is racist, then so be it. Better racist than foolish.
Mr Joseph Calleja
Sep 25th 2011, 17:53
As long as it does not happen in their backyard these bleeding hearts will say anything to become martyrs. If any of these illegal immigrants are really interested in a better future and a better life, they would have stayed in their own country and help fight for freedom like the rest of the natives are doing. Most of these people are opportunists and want the cake and eat it too. To the bleeding hearts stop trying to make yourselves look good at the expense of others. Shame on you bleeding hearts. Freedom does not come that cheap and you should know that. If I remember correctly our forefathers fought very bravely for our freedom and they never abandoned their country. If you want to sympathize go to Libya and fight against Gaddafi. Talk is very cheap.
Ms Louise Vella
Sep 25th 2011, 13:00
Why should Malta be the only country to observe its so-called 'international obligations'? Why should Malta be the only country to be inspired by so-called 'Christian values'? Is it not high time we put Malta's national interest above all other considerations?
Mr Dominic Micallef
Sep 25th 2011, 12:58
A very smart move by the Italians ! Maltese cabinet, can we follow trend please so 'our dear European fellows' will have to share the burden whether they want/like it or not.
adrian attard
Sep 25th 2011, 12:37
a truly typical Italian comedy
Paul McIlroy
Sep 25th 2011, 12:29
I must say I expected a lot of the heartless comments I have read on here. For people to condone the Italian police for beating defenceless people sensless as they try to flea is not only unchristian, but bordering on sadistic.
It smacks of pure racism to me.
When will some people on these islands start to act with some humanity for those worse off than themselves? I was shocked to see these poor unfortunate people being treated like second class citizens.
Those who think that this is the right way to treat fellow human beings should thank their lucky stars that they never find themselves in a situation where they are treated this way.
No wonder there is so much hate in this world.
J Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 14:04
Mr. Mcllory,
How would you feel when you fork out a lot of your hard earned money to live in a peaceful area only to be turned into a jungle with a tent city on your doorstep, should we sue the UNHCR or should we invade and colonise their massive lands? Fair exchange is no robbery after all!
David Caruana
Sep 25th 2011, 14:38
Don't even bother Mr.McIlroy. I believe in Karma and I know that these haters will one day find themselves at the receiving end of all this hate.
It's not hard to imagine. If the global markets had to collapse and all currencies become void, the Maltese would be the first to need tonnes of help since our island has no natural resources. Many will try to leave but possibly by then, the European Union and its freedom of movement will be long gone.
Mr Graham Holme
Sep 25th 2011, 15:00
Check other reports,video footage of these illegal immigrants rioting,terrorizing the local population.
You reap what you sow,do the crime,then do the time.Looks like they got a taste of their own medicine?
Mr C Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 15:29
Exactly. Isn't Malta supposed to be an exempliary Christian nation? It's citizens must be some of the most hypocrytical in Europe.
Being a member of the EU isn't simply a reason to keep taking without giving anything back. The advantages of EU membership far outweigh any negatives. The huge career opportunities offered since membership are often ignored with free working rights and travel throughout the region. Also forgotten is the €500million Malta has received over what it has contributed, so that's €500million that wouldn't have been given to Malta if it hadn't joined the EU.
To make an effort to help a few thousand immigrants is a very small price to pay for a membership that's finally brought Malta a standard of living and quality of life that wasn't even dreamt of 20 years ago.
Mr carlos ellul
Sep 25th 2011, 16:18
You're right Paul. Maybe its time for us, cruel southerners to allow immigrants to reach their former colonists homes in the north. That is what they want and considering that these guys were the once dispoiling their riches in the first place, that is exactly what they deserve.
Mr Ernest Vella
Sep 25th 2011, 12:25
Lets declare Malta an unsafe port too lol
G Falzon
Sep 25th 2011, 14:24
How wise you are, Mr Vella and the rest! What about our other sea traffic then? That would mean stopping all traffic, including cruise liners, to and from port. Bright men you are!
Mr Tony Camilleri
Sep 26th 2011, 00:33
G Falzon wrong. It will only be unsafe for illegal immigrats.
John Atkins
Sep 25th 2011, 12:24
Shall we declare Hal Far and Safi as unsafe then? What`s the name of the game?
Mr Michael Galea
Sep 25th 2011, 11:26
After Lampedusa, Malta is next
A Camilleri
Sep 25th 2011, 11:25
the italian police are well known for beating people up, even if there f/ball team is loosing they tend to get involved with beating the opposite side for no reason at all.
Adrian Cardona
Sep 25th 2011, 12:04
Oh really? You came to that conclusion after extensive and verified research I suppose, and obviously not by shooting from the hip.....
JOSEPH VELLA
Sep 25th 2011, 12:22
When the England team is losing there is no need for the bobbies to beat people. They leave the job to the hooligans
Mr Paul Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 11:23
SMART GOVERNMENTS TAKE CARE OF NATIONAL INTEREST FIRST AND FOREMOST.....................UNLIKE
OURS..................WORSE.....................GONZIPN AND ACOLYTES CRITICIZE THOSE WHO PUT NATIONAL
INTEREST FIRST............................POOR MALTA.
Kenneth Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 13:23
Yes, poor Malta, with all its bigoted racist idiots.
Mr M Farrugia
Sep 25th 2011, 14:09
mentalita ta bniedei b'mohh ta fellus. Apologija lil fellus
Charles Vella
Sep 25th 2011, 14:59
issa jetla zeppi tieghek u ma jidhlux aktar immigranti! Kemm int bla sens!
Mr carlos ellul
Sep 25th 2011, 18:07
Which Zeppi you're talking about Charles? The one with the kwalitajiet tajbin u inqas tajbin maybe?
Mr Tony Camilleri
Sep 26th 2011, 00:34
Kenneth Cassar idiots are those who undermine their own country and people to appease foreigners and illegal immigrats.
FRANS H SAID
Sep 25th 2011, 11:21
What about Pantalleria?
Mario DeBono
Sep 25th 2011, 11:11
LoL
As we say "10 points" to the Italians...........
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Sep 25th 2011, 10:40
Berlusconi the best Prime Minister ever had....
He is there for his people unlike our who is there for the Vatican
Kenneth Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 13:24
Oh, yes. Berlusconi surely is a role model where morality is concerned. I bet he's your role model too.
mark borg
Sep 25th 2011, 13:41
Spot on Malcolm, our Prime Minister is for the Vatican and lately very much into the ARAB SPRING as well .Of course anywhere where he believes he could get free publicity.
A. Farrugia
Sep 25th 2011, 10:38
I'm shocked.
I expected to see immigrants rioting but instead I see people jumping recklessly to escape police brutality.
I respect the power of authority that needs to maintain order, but I'm sorry to say that the Italian police in this video behaved like enraged animals, not like a disciplined force.
Actually if anyone had attacked animals in the way the police were laying into those immigrants they would have probably been sent to jail.
I recognise that the Italians have a problem, but I'm very glad those policemen were not Maltese.
Laurence grech
Sep 25th 2011, 11:26
the policemen are doing their job.. you should be thankfull that your in a safe place with free food and water ..
you should never disrespect the country that is taking care of you.. if you do prepare youself for dire consequences.
angelo cilia
Sep 25th 2011, 14:42
I thought that what the police did was sweet, too bad that drop was not even deeper, say four stories down.
Mr Tony Camilleri
Sep 25th 2011, 15:10
They were doing their job correctly unlike our politically correct authorities who expect to submit the illegal immigrats by tickling them with a feather.
That's the way to deal with them.
Send them all back to their own countries.
A. Farrugia
Sep 25th 2011, 16:22
As I said, Mr. Grech, I respect the police authorities,
BUT there are ways and ways in which of controlling a situation.
Watch the shocking video.
Stephen Koludrovic
Sep 25th 2011, 10:38
This video should be shown to the inmates in the Safi detention centre.
John Spiteri
Sep 25th 2011, 13:56
They have probably already seen it!
Ms Louise Vella
Sep 25th 2011, 10:23
One thing is obvious - that these illegal immigrants are unwanted by Italy as much as they are unwanted by Malta. UNHCR had better close down because it has no more clients.
Roderick Vassallo
Sep 25th 2011, 11:18
Your comments are appalling as usual!
Mr M Farrugia
Sep 25th 2011, 14:14
Sinjorina tkellem ghalik u mhux ghal Malta. Il-maggoranza tal-maltin lesti li jilqaw lil kull m in jigi f'pajjizna jekk ikun hemm raguna valida. NItolbok jekk inti Kattolika b'qalb li taf thenn, taqra x'qal Kristu fil-Bibbja dwar dawk li huma emarginati. Iqaf ahseb ftit u jghid f'qalbek flok dawn nista inkun jiena u wara haseb jekk tkunx trid min jghinek jew le.
J. Schembri
Sep 25th 2011, 10:00
If it is declared an unsafe port , than it goes without saying that it will not be used as a port by the Italian Navy, Italian fishing boats and the ferry boats.
Surely Frontex or the EU will help Italy make the port safe for the benefit of the Italians living in Lampedusa.
Pull the other one Frattini !
Peter Carabott
Sep 25th 2011, 09:28
How convenient!! The central Italian Government lets the illegal immigrants do whatever they want in Lampedusa without trying to stop them. Then they declare Lampedusa as an unsafe port knowing that all immigrants will now have to be directed to Malta!!!!
Kemm qedin sew.
Kenneth Galea
Sep 25th 2011, 09:28
Malta also had riots and protests by illegal immigrants who have no legal basis to stay in the country. So Malta is also an unsafe port.
At least Italy is deporting the unwanted guests, Malta just stays idle and the authorities think the problem is going to sort itself out.
Anyway Libya will be safe soon so no more excuses from the UNHCR and the EU not to return these illegals. We will no longer hear stories of illegals being kept in cages etc, anyway all are fairy tales, UNHCR we are not gullible as you think we are.
Mr Paul Micallef
Sep 25th 2011, 09:25
Wake up Malta, the little money that we have is being given to these people, they are not Europeans how can we help everybody??? Greece has taken a big chunk of our money,Italy will be next, ALFRED SANT was right the Ewro is going down the drain.
Wake up, Malta l-ewwel u qabel kollox. Gonzi says that we are living in heaven while EUROPE is crumbling and in caos????? We want straight facts when will the TSUNAMI hit us??? are we imune???Then if it hits us?? Gonzi will blame EUROPE and then if the PL come in power nissikaw iccinturin, le, the PL must do its homework and tell the people what is rely happining.The middle class is dead now there is only rich and poor.
Even when distributing naqra gid it only goes to a certain fraction of society, i give up.
mark borg
Sep 25th 2011, 14:09
of Course this government is acting with all foreigners, more socialist than Lenin himself . Incredible and Ironic when you consider that they always voted in Parlament (in the 80's and 70's) against any social and welfare law for us Maltese,starting from free education,childrens allowance,free healtcare and everything that Mintoff tried introducing in Malta.This is a government for all refugiees and Arab spring ! insomma anyone but the Maltese .
Mr V Mercieca
Sep 25th 2011, 09:24
If the Italian decision was taken in the wake of violent disturbances, on the same basis Malta should have declared Malta as an unsafe port, seeing the many violent disturbances we had by these illegal immigrants
Mr carlos ellul
Sep 25th 2011, 09:23
This is the Italians friends new tactic to push the buck to us.
Mr Charles.C. Brown
Sep 25th 2011, 09:23
well ben ali is long gone and tunisia is suppose to be democratic now , so why is it tunisians are still crossing into europe may i ask? is this whats going to happen in libya?
Alfred Falzon
Sep 25th 2011, 14:42
@ Charles C Brown
Your obsession with Libya is nauseating!
Those who left Libya were fleeing from Khadafi's regime, and very few if any were native Libyans!
The NEW LIBYA will henceforth draw real workers to it NOT SLAVE WORKERS from sub-Saharan lands or MERCENARIES!
Jason Coleiro
Sep 25th 2011, 09:18
just tuck them back in their countries, they just want to come to europe, the war was just an excuse.We cannot keep tolerating.
Nadia Cassar
Sep 25th 2011, 09:17
Malta is so small that it can be considered as a port all by itself ... therefore our country is not a safe port after the migrants uprising some weeks ago either ...
Paul Giordimaina
Sep 25th 2011, 09:16
We could do the same as the Italians done.
Please choose the reason of your report below: