Just 30 per cent of the 16,617 migrants who came to Malta by boat since 2002 remain on the island, the UN’s refugee office has estimated.

The UNHCR derived the estimate from its database of beneficiaries of protection living in the community. 1,752 were still living in open centres at the end of last year.

The number of refugees in Malta resettled elsewhere since 2005 was 1,810.

Somalis form the biggest grouping of migrants (65% of last year's arrivals), followed by Eritreans.

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