New start for migrants

Three Eritrean families left Malta to start a new life in Ireland yesterday. The group of 10 will be accommodated in a reception centre and after a short orientation programme will be transferred to their permanent residence. Their departure follows a...

Three Eritrean families left Malta to start a new life in Ireland yesterday.

The group of 10 will be accommodated in a reception centre and after a short orientation programme will be transferred to their permanent residence.

Their departure follows a commitment made by Ireland earlier this year to relocate people granted international protection from Malta.

Ireland’s Minister of Justice and Equality Alan Shatter said this was a gesture of solidarity with his Maltese counterpart Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, who expressed appreciation at Ireland’s contribution.

This is the second time the Irish Government has accepted to relocate a number of protected persons from Malta. It relocated another 10 people from Malta in 2007.

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