Magistrate Joanne Vella Cuschieri. Photo: Darrin Zammit LupiMagistrate Joanne Vella Cuschieri. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

 

A magistrate yesterday had harsh words for Appoġġ over its handling of the German children who were secretly flown out of Malta two weeks ago, saying the agency had shown it was “less able” to take care of the children than the mothers themselves.

Magistrate Joanne Vella Cuschieri made the statement in a Gozo court when revoking a temporary order that had been placed on a third German child who is still in Malta, ordering Appoġġ to return her to her mother.

The request for a decree was filed by German mothers Sabrina Albrecht and Jutta Wiedekind, asking for their children to be returned to them.

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