80 migrants brought to Malta

Diane Holdsworth

Aug 24th 2012, 20:16

How many more migrants can the Maltese take They are already bursting at the seams Enough is enough

Francis Bonello

Aug 21st 2012, 14:50

When is the government is going to say 'Enough is enough'.

Mauro debattista

Aug 21st 2012, 13:46

What a shame. Dr Gonzi will be known as the Prime minister who ruined Malta.

John Azzopoardi

Aug 21st 2012, 12:30

I have no more comments to make on this situation. All I have to say is that Malta is being used a permanent detention center. I really fear for the future of malta and its people. When is the government going to say enough is enough - when all the africans in LIbya cross over.

Ms D. Borg

Aug 21st 2012, 09:30

No more excuses that they come from Somalia which is now a fairly safe country with a newly elected president. Send them all back to Libya as this large amount of immigrants is now becoming a threat to our little island.

Jo Gatt

Aug 21st 2012, 08:42

The rate of new arrivals on our shores seems to be far exceeding our Maltese current birth-rate. Do the maths people, and multiply them by the next 5 years.

Louise Vella

Aug 21st 2012, 07:24

At the PN web conference on 22 July 2012 I put 3 questions to Dr Gonzi:
1. Int tghid lest tigbor eluf kbar ta’ immigranti illegali biex imbaghad l-Ewropa tohodhomlna bil-burden sharing. Issa li l-burden sharing falliet, lest tkompli taghmilha tar-ruffjan tal-Gizwiti u l-UNHCR u toqghod tibghat lill-armata ggib lill-immigranti illegali lejn Malta?
2. Il-UNHCR u l-EASO qeghdin ihajru lill-immigranti illegali li hemm il-Libja biex jitilqu bid-dghajjes lejn l-Ewropa fil-bnazzi tas-sajf. Ma thossx li dawn l-organizzazzjonijiet qed jipprofittaw rwiehhom iz-zejjed mid-djufija ta’ Malta f’dan ir-rigward?
3. Kemm-il elf vot tahseb lil-Gvern rebah bil-politika ta’ djufija rigward l-immigranti illegali ?

Dr Gonzi replied that his policy was twofold. First, to go and pick up the illegal immigrants when in so-called ‘distress’. Second, to persuade our partners in the EU to help us by burden-sharing and taking some of them off our back. To the Maltese this may sound like the pious statement of a past President of Catholic Action. To the illegal immigrants waiting on the Libyan coast it sounds like a guarantee by the prime minister of Malta that whatever their numbers, if they are in distress or feigning distress or if they put themselves deliberately in distress, he will send the AFM to bring them to Malta. Is this the way to defend Malta’s national interest?

Pippo De Marco

Aug 20th 2012, 22:19

Who decides if a vessel is able to continue its journey or not ? - What if it was just low on fuel, or the occupants simply needed food or water?

If we have to bring-in every passing dinghy, then we might as well throw the doors open and resign ourselves to involuntary multi-culturalism.

B. Cachia

Aug 20th 2012, 22:18

The complete failure of the present immigration policy is becoming more evident by the day. The number of refugees and persons enjoying similar status in Malta as of the end of last year was close to 7000, approximately equal to the population of Rabat, and that does not count those who have arrived in 2012 and those thousands who are still awaiting an answer or have been refused but have not been repatriated.