Updated: 246 migrants brought to Malta
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
246 mostly Eritrean migrants were brought to Malta this evening on three AFM patrol boats after being picked up from a fishing boat whose engine had failed some 100 miles south of Malta.
The migrants, who include 48 women and seven children, are believed to have sailed from Libya. They issued a distress call yesterday afternoon and their boat was intercepted by AFM patrol boats during the night.
Photo: AFMThe migrants had wanted to continue their voyage North but their boat's engine failed at 9.30 a.m. today and the migrants were then transferred to the patrol boats.
Another boat carrying 77 migrants arrived in Malta on Sunday.
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Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 18:23
@Sandro Pace(Today, 10:02). Malta's in Europe. In or out of the EU, Europe's problems will always be Malta's because we don't exist in solo, never have done, never will. Burden-sharing would only be a surface solution. No burden-sharing and Malta will go down the pan quicker than most So, people could do better than bark up the wrong tree. Burden-sharing is a 'quick-fix' for desperados.
Kurt Waschnig
Nov 10th 2012, 14:03
@James Dewar
It is never provocative to defend the dignity of every single human being. We have the moral obligation to defend the needy and poor and give them dignity and treat them with respect.
Andy Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 14:26
what about the lives of those human beings in their mothers' wombs, Herr Waschnig? Aren't they worth saving as well. Herr Waschnig?
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 17:27
No it is not but repetitive gloating provocative comments devalue the sentiment and the message becomes insincere.
Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Nov 11th 2012, 22:01
Kurt, you as a foreigner are being provocative in a passive aggressive manner to innocent native people who live on an overcrowded tiny resource-less 314 square kilometer isle that is being overrun with economic migrants. You get such a schadenfreude type joy out of your repetitive inane statements that verges on gloating vindictiveness towards the Maltese who also deserve dignity and respect.
John Azzopoardi
Nov 10th 2012, 11:48
Mr Wasching, what is germany doing to take over these illegal migrants off our hands. A country so huge and rich.........with all its land and forests. The amount of land Germany has can create a whole city state for these poor illegal migrants
Paul Saliba
Nov 10th 2012, 11:26
Kienu jghidu li Gaddafi qed jibghathom!!! Issa min qed jibghathom?
Kif hadd ma qieghed jara l-interess tal-pajjiz l-ewwel u tal Maltin? Xbajna, xbajna u xbajna bil-kbir.
Ray Mercieca
Nov 10th 2012, 10:57
This is not a PN or PM issue this is a national issue. All the authorities involved are doing there utmost to save and help these poor people. The only part that is ignoring this problem is THE EU. We should help these people arrive safe and sound to 'THE PROMISSED LAND' without anyone doing profits and without anyone risking being jailed in his own country.
Sandro Pace
Nov 10th 2012, 10:02
..and I think the PL, fortunately for the national interest, will be less hesitant then the PN to do withdraw from the Dublin convention. Hence my 'floating' support. Barot once said that illegal immigrants are a threat to Greek's stability and democracy. Malta is much smaller and more crowded then Greece. Doing nothing, is endangering the national interest. Europe they want, Europe they go.
Chrissey Zammit
Nov 10th 2012, 10:47
Correct me if I am wrong. Is MALTA not in Europe ?????
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 12:28
@ Chrissey Zammit: Yes, but they are bound to be wishing they were not!
Sandro Pace
Nov 10th 2012, 09:55
Stop being submissive and saying that nothing can be done. OK we need to safeguard these people's lives, without doubt, but we also need to safeguard ourselves. This can be done by unilaterally withdrawing from the Dublin II convention, which will stop fingerprinting these people, meaning that they can leave Malta leaving no trace of where they departed from. Whether the EU want it or not..contd
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Nov 10th 2012, 08:33
These people come obtain jobs with the government and, have rights to social security as soon as they come. Whilst I work for an employer that does not want to pay N.I contributions and in the contract states that if one of their nationals wants the job I do s/he is entitled to it. That is pure UN justice. Rights for some but not for all.
Joe Borg
Nov 10th 2012, 08:20
Politikanti vavi ghanda .... ma nistax nifhem kif ma jaghmlu xejn fuq din is sitwazjoni!
Louise Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 07:59
And suppose we get 246 of them every week? They started in boats of 27, now they come in hundreds. Have we reached 2000 this year? Thanks Dr Gonzi.
Charles Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 07:43
For those blaming the Prime Minister, and the Maltese government in general are all wrong... The government, even Labour when elected in 2 or 3 months time, will not do any thing on this issue because these international laws are decided by people who us voters do not know. The power to stop this lays in us, not the government. Political games need to stop and we need to reunite to stop this.
carlos ellul
Nov 10th 2012, 10:57
The pn government moved the goal posts by signing the dublin 2 and removing any reservations we had regarding the refugee treaty. We had the unique chance to voice our concerns prior the lisbon treaty but simon and co settled for an extra sentence and volontary burden sharing
francis x caruana
Nov 10th 2012, 07:38
i agree we have to help these inocent victims but the goverment have to seriously start takng action with our so called eu friends.in the end we are all paying for them. WHERE IS ALL THE SOLIDERITY WE BEEN TOLD ABOUT IN THE PAST.
Louise Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 06:44
How come Dr Gonzi, his Ministers and Dr Beppe Fenech Adami who are always appearing in photos and on TV when there is good news, did not show up when these illegal immigrants arrived in Malta yesterday? They lost a precious opportunity for a great photo shoot to display on billboards just before the elections. They must know it is very bad news for Malta and the Maltese electorate.
Kurt Waschnig
Nov 10th 2012, 05:38
Mr Andy Farrugia, it should go without saying to help and to look after the needy, the poor. These human beings need support and the AFM do a great work like the Jesuit Refugee Service Malta.
Among 246 migrants there were 48 women and seven children. Yes Mr Farrugia that impresses me and give me hope there is still humanity and compassion in our world and again the AFM rescued them.
Francis Bonello
Nov 10th 2012, 13:28
Why do not ask your government to take them to Germany?
stephen koludrovic
Nov 10th 2012, 03:26
When the AFM reached that boat, they should have advised them that, entering Malta would deprive them of any chances of ever possibly making it to mainland Europe.
They will be fingerprinted, incarcerated for 18 months, and later remain marooned on this rock, with no future.
I challenge any do gooder NGO to disprove of what I have stated.
Lucky Okocha Achebe
Nov 10th 2012, 11:18
these ERITREANS have friends, relatives or siblings here in malta. or they had one who was resettled to the usa. that means they knew what opportunity they will have. they er targeting malta because they will have better opportunity than in italy.
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 12:30
@ Lucky Okocha Achebe: Is that what it says on the Italian leaflet handouts?
Joe Xuereb
Nov 10th 2012, 02:02
This problem seems greater in Malta because Malta's tiny. Other countries, the UK in particular, are in a similar situation. What is at play here is appeasement, trying to win minds and hearts, reversing a low birthrate. I do not believe any of this will work. I call this an unstoppable, planned demographic invasion and nothing will convince me otherwise.
Partisanship is pointless here.
Jesmond Farrugia
Nov 10th 2012, 00:14
These people are almost certainly devout Christians persecuted under the brutal dictatorship of Isaias Afewerki.
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 12:33
Oh well that being the cased it will be completely acceptable for tiny Malta to pick up the tab and continue to welcome them in their hundreds!
stephen koludrovic
Nov 10th 2012, 00:06
Next time another boat ends up with mechanical troubles, just send out a mechanic to fix the engine.
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 12:37
Don't see anything wrong with that response which would be a decent humanitarian gesture thereby allowing the travellers to continue on their way to their previously chosen destination.
Hector Lavoe
Nov 9th 2012, 23:52
Obviously Libya has an agenda at hand. They are profiting from the misery of others and risking human life in the process. The UN needs to get involved ASAP or more lives will be lost.
Ms.D. Galea
Nov 9th 2012, 23:50
Give these people Maltese citizenship right away and let them get on with their lives freely in mainland Europe, which is where they really want to go at the end of the day.
And good luck to them
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:24
The numbers of migrants entering Malta is truly scary. Irrespective of International protocol or obligation a small island like Malta surely can not continue to receive migrants in such large numbers. This is a rapidly developing crisis and it is difficult to see how Malta and Maltese society will be able to cope with the issue in the coming months and years.
Paul Zammit
Nov 9th 2012, 20:51
WE MOST DEFINITELY GOTTA HELP THESE FOLKS .. to leave u land that way .. that something's gotta be terribly wrong with it! It just ain't fun being away from family and the land u always knew ... believe me! However, the already overly inflated Maltese population will increase by 0.0615% in a single night ... in other words ... living in Malta is soon gonna reveal impossible!
Wenzu Vella
Nov 10th 2012, 05:32
Sound you have been watching too many Hollywood moves Paul.
Kevin F. Dingli
Nov 9th 2012, 20:45
We are talking of fellow human beings here for goodness sake ! Our Government is only honouring its obligations under international law, and our Armed Forces make us proud. This has nothing to do with Malta's membership of the EU, even though precious little has been done by the EU to alleviate the heavy burthen Malta carries owing to its geographical position as Europe's southernmost Member State
Mr Jimmy Vella
Nov 9th 2012, 20:04
Labour will do absootuley nothing about the situation the same as this PN goverment can`t do nothing but keep bringing them in.It`s called international law which goverments are obliged to adere to.But the ordinary man on the the street is duty bound to preserve the way of life he think is fit to live in.Gonzi is trying to fight the problem with both hands tied behind his back but we are not yet.
joseph gaffarena
Nov 9th 2012, 19:47
So, when they were spotted there was an italian frigate, but instead of going to lampedusa they are coming to night to malta.
If they are somali, they can go to their country in no time cause now they have a democratic govt.
GONZI administration failed on this subject,and that is why he is loosing thousands of votes.
We are fed up now, enough is enough,and this have to be stopped.
Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Nov 9th 2012, 20:49
I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that if Joseph Muscat gets elected he will do no different than Dr. Gonzi on this issue.
These politicians get their marching orders from a higher invisible government that no one voted for.
Ross Stephen Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 19:00
Enoch Powell was right in some respects. Europe should have made a stand years ago against this, I now fear the damage is done and the time has past to stand
Joanne Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 19:50
Yep, in a few decades Europe will be the new Middle East
James Dewar
Nov 10th 2012, 12:25
@ Joanne Micallef: Scary thought but the trend is probably now irreversible and that is what we (Europeans) have to look forward to having adopted the extreme version of political correctness and relinquished control of our own destiny years ago for fear of offending some alternative cultures.
mike fenech
Nov 9th 2012, 18:35
If the rest of the EU don't want to help us with this problem,than give them all Maltese Citizenship,this way they can move legally to wherever they wish in the EU.
I Mercieca
Nov 9th 2012, 19:05
Agree 100%. Either send them back or else give them Maltese citizenship. We are fed up now with this situation. We cannot afford more.
peter ellul
Nov 10th 2012, 09:15
exactly my thoughts i bet you a million euros that not one of them will stay here they ll have a better future too wherever they choose to go
Mr Alfred Baldacchino
Nov 9th 2012, 17:58
These people obviously lost their way. All they need is a compass, some food and off they go south of the border.
Eve Axiaq
Nov 9th 2012, 17:54
Integration never worked in Europe and Malta is no exception. These are enonomic migrants. If they are escaping war why dont they go to other African countries? Europe is already in deep economic troubles and these will only make the situation worse.
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 9th 2012, 18:11
Please make up your mind.
They are either economic migrants or war refugees.
You are mixing things up.
Charles W. Sammut
Nov 9th 2012, 18:26
@ Leslie Darmanin
Read that comment again. "If they are escaping war . . . " means, "Had they been escaping war, "
There is no war in Eritrea and most of Somalia is now stabilising. Real war refugees would stay put in a neighbouring country and go back at the first opportunity.
Lucky Okocha Achebe
Nov 9th 2012, 22:28
They came in order to be resettled to the US. no war in eritrea since they fought former part ethiopia.
and the government of eritrea was accused of human trafficking by the united nations.
Eve Axiaq
Nov 10th 2012, 07:29
@ Lucky
To resettle in the US?? for every migrant they send to US another ten times that comes here.
j brincat
Nov 9th 2012, 17:47
And don't they always!
(jb)
Eric Soames
Nov 9th 2012, 17:42
Wake up and do more than just write comments.
Lee Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 17:30
Such a heavy price to pay for joining the EU was it worth it ? The answer will be very clear in 20 -30yrs ! The EU is not fit for purpose why do you think the majority of the UK public want out , the sooner a referendum is called the better !
P. Zammit
Nov 9th 2012, 17:47
@L.Micallef ... and what exactly would we do if we were not part of the EU ? Can you enlighten me ?
Leslie Darmanin
Nov 9th 2012, 17:49
What does this have to do with membership of the EU? Are you suggesting that illegal immigration would stop if Malta left the EU? Read the report, Mr Micallef, they didn't even want to come to Malta. Their engine failed, and they're being brought to Malta. It's called compassion, responsibility... not EU membership.
Chris Saliba
Nov 9th 2012, 18:32
What does the EU have to do with people coming in on boats ?....do you think they would not come if were TAL-PARTNERSHIP !!!.....with such mentality we will be eventually going by boats ourselves to Africa in a couple of years.
mark borg
Nov 9th 2012, 21:19
@chris saliba
iva dazgur li tort ta l-eu ! mela tort ta min ? mela insejt li xebu jigu refugati u nibghatuwhom l-ura qabel kellna l-eu tindahlilna ...insejt meta bghatna zewt ajruplani mimlijin l-eritrea ? jew meta kienu jidhlu l-albanizi u nibghatuwhom fi zmien gimgha lura ? ovvja li bis sahha tal famuza eu li pajjizna ma ghadniex nikontrollowh ahna ....u jbellghawlna li jridu !
Francis Bellizzi
Nov 10th 2012, 06:32
I can`t see a referendum being held in the UK over leaving the EU. The result will be a resounding Yes vote. The ordinary citizen in the UK will vote to leave because they are fed up of double standards. They see the results of EU membership all around them and they don`t like it. Talk of a referendum from leading politicians is just that. TALK.
Alfred J. McEwen
Nov 10th 2012, 08:54
@P Zammit
The same as we did when we were not part of the EU, right now Malta is facing a different kind of survival as third class citizens of the European Union, subjected to their dictates one of which is the forced acceptance of huge numbers of illegal immigrants being integrated in the Maltese community on a small rock which is Malta.
Charles Grixti
Nov 9th 2012, 17:13
In the face of this onslaught, the Maltese people have given up. Now they stoically await the inevitable. They received neither help nor pity from their political or religious leaders, let alone from the EU. On the contrary, this triumvirate is quite pleased with itself and this situation.
Louise Vella
Nov 9th 2012, 17:11
How come Dr Gonzi and his Ministers, who are always appearing in photos and on TV when there is good news, never show up when these illegal immigrants arrive in Malta? They must know it's very bad news for Malta and the Maltese electorate. How come Dr Beppe Fenech Adami never shows up?
H. Psaila
Nov 9th 2012, 18:30
Why doesn't Joseph Muscat and the Labour member show up themselves too as they are always boasting about the future IF they will be in power.
Daniel Dimech
Nov 9th 2012, 19:02
il problema tal gvern mhux tal oppozizzjoni !!! meta ha tiftah mohhok li il gvern qed hemm biex jaghmel agenda u sippost imexxi ...
Joanne Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 19:04
The Goverment has the responsibility and the duty to safeguard Us and our National interest and not the opposition
George Joseph Cauchi
Nov 9th 2012, 17:07
One cannot deny these people the help they need, however the Government has to think up a solution because of problems that might lay ahead. Our Social services are already strained and more people coming in this country will definitely add to that strain.
Mario Scicluna
Nov 9th 2012, 17:02
Bhal ma Beppe deher jippoza l-MIA quddiem il-kameras, u din l-ahbar tawha tant prominenza tal-PBS, ma dawk li telqu lejn l-Irlanda, tghid issa jmur jilqaghhom Haywarf jew fejn jinzlu nsomma? Frontex ? Burden Sharing? Fejnu Simon tghid?
H. Psaila
Nov 9th 2012, 18:31
Le issa mmur Joseph Muscat hux u jghidilhom kemm sejrin ikollna Malta timxi fuq ir-rubini jekk jitla hu.
Mario Scicluna
Nov 10th 2012, 11:44
@H. Psaila
Yesterday, 18:33
How about your GonziPN for solutions???? You were 25 yrs in Govt, you have to come up with solutions !!! Hypocrites
Forgot about Frontex or Burden Sharing? Those were illusions! Fantasies more like it.
O Galea
Nov 9th 2012, 16:57
Africa is huge... not every country in Africa is at war.... send them there.
We simply cannot sustain this influx. we are the most (over) populated country in europe.
This is going to end badly.
john vernon
Nov 9th 2012, 16:33
There will never be an answer to this problem, the other EUcountries do not care they have their own problems, its your democratically elected government that has the answer and only them
You either abide by EU law and accept all that land on your shores, or you help then land them make them well and then ship them right back to where they came.
Kurt Waschnig
Nov 9th 2012, 16:20
Regularly the Times of Malta reports about the fantastic work of the AFM. The AFM rescue human beings, who risk everything to escape dictatorship, gruesome conditions, misery and poverty.
The AFM are heroes of our time. The AFM show determination and especially humanity.
250 migrants were saved. That is so a wonderful and good news.
Mauro debattista
Nov 9th 2012, 17:09
the German government recently stated that the fall down in the german population can no longer be sustained. By 2050 Germany will be an Islamic republic.
Andy Farrugia
Nov 9th 2012, 22:26
I have COPIED and SAVED your comment Herr Waschnig.........so happy that you describe our soldiers, the AFM as "heroes of our time" who perform "fantastic work". I do hope you will not change your mind about this in future. Sayonara, Herr Waschnig.
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:07
Kurt, you are beginning to sound like a worn out old vinyl record stuck in a groove with your deliberately provocative and obtuse messages.
Hector Lavoe
Nov 9th 2012, 23:49
Just curious, when are you ever NOT being patronizing?
Louis Saliba
Nov 10th 2012, 19:16
@ Kurt Waschnig
How come you never express the same sentiments when illegal immigrants which are "rescued" are taken to non-Maltese ports?
Edgar Gatt
Nov 9th 2012, 16:01
Well done to the AFM for saving these people.
Louise Vella
Nov 9th 2012, 15:50
Dr Gonzi never put any limit. Never spoke of any quotas. He said we will take them all. Last July he spoke of boats carrying 27 illegal immigrants. Now it's ten times 27 that we get at one go. What do Dr Gonzi, Dr Beppe Fenech Adami, UNHCR and the Jesuit Refugee Services say?
Charles Grixti
Nov 9th 2012, 17:17
What do you want Beppe and the JRS to say? See who is helping the 'immigrants' and you get a clue as to who is behind it. Honestly, why will the Maltese never learn - asking for these people to do something is like asking the Gestapo to save the Jews.
P. Zammit
Nov 9th 2012, 17:51
Now we await and see how your beloved Joseph Muscat will handle the issue.
H. Psaila
Nov 9th 2012, 18:33
Does Joseph Muscat has a solution to this problem because he never spoke about refugees. Or maybe he has got another illusion solving in his mind.
Mario Scicluna
Nov 10th 2012, 10:18
@H. Psaila
Yesterday, 18:33
Psaila, how about your GonziPN for solutions???? You were 25 yrs in Govt, you have to come up with solutions !!! Hypocrites
Forgot about Frontex or Burden Sharing? Those were illusions! Fantasies more like it.
Chris Saliba
Nov 9th 2012, 15:36
But how come that we only think about catering for these people and NOBODY both locally and overseas never tries to identify the source that is organising these trips ? Where is the end for all of this ? When and what will stop this silent invasion? Who is the supportive hero that will offer his home to play the good sammaritan ? I think it is about time that this country says STOP.
Charles Grixti
Nov 9th 2012, 16:46
Explain your definition of 'country"? Does it mean its people or its leaders? There is a chasm between the two and a world of difference. Which country has to say 'stop'?
Michael Bugeja
Nov 9th 2012, 15:31
Erba' t-ijiem ohra u nibdew nieklu lil xulxin, gvern u oppozizjoni ghalxejn qeghdin hemm bla bla bla u ma jsir xejn, tlift il fiducja f'kullhadd, u dan mhux is sajf,ara x'gej izjed , jista jighdilna xi hadd kif baqaw gejjin ,anzi zdidu,SUR gvern ,nixtieq inkun naf
Marthese Mussett
Nov 9th 2012, 20:24
Jien bhalek nghid.Hadd minnhom ma jaghmel xejn.U ahna nhallsu t taxxi.U l kjuwijiet l isptar dejjem jizdiedu u l waiting lists dejjem jitwalu.Nibaghtu 10 l -Amerka, u jumejn wara ndahhlu 246.Tajjeb ukoll!
Alfred J. McEwen
Nov 10th 2012, 16:29
Alfred J. McEwen
Wakey Wakey people ! I have been saying this all along in my earlier comments on previous articles that the huge influx of illegal immigrants would affect this country economically socially and demographically. A referendum should be held on this issue and force the government to take action against the influx, and repatriate those that are here back to their country of origin.
Luke Stivala
Nov 9th 2012, 15:03
I think it would have been much cheaper to install a new engine than to feed them and care for them in Malta !!!
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:09
Absolutely, that was my first thought too and not in a flippant manner.
Victor Pulis
Nov 9th 2012, 14:48
The migrants wanted to continue with their voyage but their boat's engine stopped working. Couldn't the AFM provide them with a new engine taken off one of the other boats and wave them on their voyage?!
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:11
Yes Victor, that would seem to have been an ideal solution to enable them to continue their journey and I wonder why it was not actioned?
Mr Mike Farrugia
Nov 9th 2012, 14:36
Cant the persons who are buying the satellite phones be traced?
N. Agius
Nov 9th 2012, 14:33
PL please say something about this or you won't have my vote! Helplessness with regards to immigration is one of the key problems which we have to tackle!
H. Psaila
Nov 9th 2012, 18:39
PL has nothing to say as they have said nothing concrete no way. Just bla bla bla without facts. How can you believe them.
Andre' Camenzuli
Nov 9th 2012, 22:11
kif tippretendu li l-Opposizzjoni ghandha titkellem, mela huwa l-gvern taghkom li ilu ccassat lanqas jaf x'laqtu. Mhux Gonzi qed imexxi, mela jitkellem u jagixxi hu, mela toqghodu tistennew minghand il-PL!
stephen koludrovic
Nov 10th 2012, 09:41
H.Psaila,
Some time ago JM did state that if they wanted to go to Italy they should have been allowed to do so. I do remember that some of you had critizied him for saying that.
Ms D. Borg
Nov 9th 2012, 14:28
Sitwazzjoni tal-biza. 250 ohra f'daqqa mal-eluf li diga hawn. Possibli li l-politici taghna m'humiex jirrejalizzaw x'problema kbira ha jkun hawn ftit snin ohra? Qumu mir-raqda!
Joe Spiteri
Nov 9th 2012, 14:21
The future looks bright, doesn't it?
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:12
Not if you are a native Maltese!
Mario Micallef
Nov 9th 2012, 14:15
kumbinazzjoni waqfet il-makna tad-dghajsa, kumbinazzjoni cemplu qassis fl-italja, kumbinazzjoni cemplu lil xi hadd Malta...hemm xhieda ikbar li dawn l-affarijiet mhux koordinati? kif jista jkun taghmel kuntatt ma xi hadd li qatt ma ltqajt mieghu qabel? inkredibbli
Steve Demicoli
Nov 9th 2012, 14:49
Ma nafx jien dal-kumbinazzjonijiet kollha - u Kumbinazzjoni ohra kull meta t-taljani jaccettaw li jiehdu dghajsa zghira bil-klandestini jkun hemm ohra ikbar li tidhol Malta ftit jiem jew sighat wara!!
Steve Demicoli
Nov 9th 2012, 17:07
Also, is it purely by chance that every time the Italians accept a small boatload within a few days or hours a larger boat load enters Malta?
James Dewar
Nov 9th 2012, 23:16
@Dieudonne' Gaudet: Presumably nobody is forcing you to stay?
Louis Saliba
Nov 9th 2012, 23:16
@ Dieudonne' Gaudet
I also agree that it has become overcrowded in here. And perhaps the first to go should be those interfering foreign busybodies who come here to insult us, thereby rendering themselves even worse than the average Maltese or the illegal immigrants.
Austin grech
Nov 9th 2012, 14:11
why ? if they left Libja. Take them there. 250 at one go, we just can't handle this.
Anthony Borg
Nov 9th 2012, 15:33
I agree with Mr. Grech and add my name hereunder.
This cannot go on forever!
P. Zammit
Nov 9th 2012, 17:52
So simple ? ..Libya won't accept them back without documents
Mauro debattista
Nov 9th 2012, 14:06
What a shame, the libyans are just making fool of our spineless government still without any solution or at least to reduce the flow we haven't heard any declerations neither. Shame on you. Now welcome to the real life in the EU for all those who voted yes. What we had to sign for. Well done
Frederick Frendo
Nov 9th 2012, 15:19
Having joined the EU is not the point . The point is that we are supposed to be friendly with the Libyans. We helped them so much . Why do they let them sail from their shores. I am sure that a wanted criminal will not leave so easily .
Let's hope that we will soon have an alternative .
Mauro debattista
Nov 9th 2012, 16:18
The Dublin two treaty was signed by the EU.
Cecilia Malstrom Last June said that illegal immigration should not be stopped to compensate for the drop in the birth rates. So therefore yes the EU has got to do with this issue.
L Galea
Nov 9th 2012, 16:56
So much for helping Libya, that is what we got out of it.
Anthony Portelli
Nov 9th 2012, 14:05
tal biki
Marthese Mussett
Nov 9th 2012, 20:25
tal biki hafna.
carlos ellul
Nov 9th 2012, 14:03
I guess All the propoganda used in the departure of 20 immigrants to ireland does look ridiculous now. 30 go 330 immigrants arrive. Gonzipn does work that way
guido calleja
Nov 9th 2012, 14:45
U inti tahseb li jm ser jamel il mirakli
carlos ellul
Nov 9th 2012, 19:14
This is a pn created problem. It was the pn who retired our reservations from the un refugee treaty, signed the dublin 2 treaty and refused to heed to the oppositions plea to stick to its guns and refuse to sign the lisbon treaty before we recieve concrete help.
S.M. Cuschieri
Nov 9th 2012, 13:52
Prosit!!!! nibqghu sejrin hekk...........!!!
fred sammut
Nov 9th 2012, 13:47
oh my god !!!! where is the EU ???? greece Portugal needed financial help..... and they got why is no help for this problem ??
Horace Schembri
Nov 9th 2012, 13:45
Viva Malta u il Maltin (fejn hi dak iz zmien )
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