12 migrants leave for the US
12 migrants, all men from Somalia and Eritrea have left Malta to start a new life in the United States, under the US Refugee Resettlement Programme (USRRP). On arrival, they will be assisted by NGOs in the U.S.A. to proceed to their final destinations in various states.
This latest departure brings the total of beneficiaries of international protection who were resettled to the United States from Malta since 2007 to 1,056 migrants. Since the start of the USRRP in 2008, the number of beneficiaries of protection resettled to the United States amounts to 1,028.
245 migrants have been resettled from Malta to the United States of America since the beginning of 2012. More beneficiaries of international protection are expected to leave to the United States in the coming weeks.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Malta, the International Organisation for Migration and US Government officials are involved at various stages of this resettlement process.
In all 1,715 refugees and beneficiaries of international protection have been relocated or resettled to various other developed countries since 2005 – 325 of these since the beginning of the current year.
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John Azzopoardi
Sep 7th 2012, 01:59
and thouands came this year alone.
Victor Vella
Sep 7th 2012, 00:10
Quite a good improvement!!!!.
Colin Stanley
Sep 6th 2012, 15:18
As someone said lately, hallelujah, hallelujah. thanks USA.
j brincat
Sep 6th 2012, 13:54
I thought I was reading 1200!
But then thanks USA - better than our European counterparts who come here only to pat the PM on the back and after a photo shoot (to serve as a memento) leave and are not heard of again!
(jb)
Anthony A. Mifsud
Sep 6th 2012, 15:44
Sant was right Joe, we would have been better off out of this trap EU. It seams that the US of A , are the only county to help Malta , nd may I ask? Where is the EU Countries? I know it's a volonty basis but, I am left perplexed with the other 26 eu countries ........ Who cares about our little rock.
So it's true eu ta Abel or eu ta akin ...
Ninu
Mauro debattista
Sep 6th 2012, 13:39
And according to our prime minister that is the way how to deal with the illegal immigration problem. 1600,1800,2000,2700 arrives per year and 200 we resettle in other countries.
wayne scicluna
Sep 6th 2012, 13:01
Great. 12 left and 84 arrived just last week. Not counting the recent 166 arrivals. The math does not seem to be working out...
Mario Camilleri
Sep 6th 2012, 13:10
That's because Frontex is a transparent shield.
Mario Camilleri
Sep 6th 2012, 11:30
Is the US a state within the EU, because I'm confused? Who is obliged to help us, the EU or the USA?
N. Agius
Sep 6th 2012, 15:20
Sorry but the EU institutions are proving to be an all round failure in this regard. The guys in Brussels should be ashamed to put it mildly.
Len. Fenech
Sep 6th 2012, 15:45
some things don't add up here, I think they're helping themselfs by pick and choosing ,corract me if i'm
wrong.....Len. Fenech
Charles Grixti
Sep 7th 2012, 04:37
No, it is the other way around. The EU is a US state - seeing that most of the European leaders either coming directly from Goldman Sachs in the US or lackeys of the US.
And taking in a few dozen will not make a dent on the immigrant population in Malta and likewise these immigrants will have no discernible effect in the USA. This is just a PR exercise.
Please choose the reason of your report below: