Maltese society has a “moral obligation” to help migrants integrate and failing to do so would be “nothing less than bigotry”, Parliamentary Secretary José Herrera said yesterday.

“We all have the responsibility to help migrants form part of our society. This needs to be reinforced if the situation is to improve,” he said.

Dr Herrera was making a call for renewed efforts to educate migrants on “what it means to be Maltese” in an attempt to “bridge the gap” between Maltese society and the migrant population.

“I am sure that if we teach migrants about Maltese culture – what it means to be Maltese, who our forefathers were, what a festa is, how our political system works and so on – we will bridge the gap that is stopping many migrants from integrating,” he said.

Dr Herrera was speaking during a press conference unveiling new computer literacy courses being offered to migrants at the Marsa Open Centre.

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