The European Parliament is hosting a public discussion with MEPs titled Living with Migration on October 30 at 1pm at The Fortress Builders, Fortification Interpretation Centre, St Mark Street, Valletta.
This event proposes to bring to the fore the local realities of migration and its different facets in an exchange with MEPs, preceded by a fact-based background of experiences on the ground, as the EP gears up for negotiations on legislative proposals and political positioning including through its strategic initiative report.
The MEPs addressing the discussion are Roberta Metsola (EPP, Nationalist Party) and Marlene Mizzi (S&D, Labour Party) on the European Parliament’s Strategic Initiative Report on the Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration; Miriam Dalli (S&D, Labour Party) on the Permanent Relocation Mechanism Regulation; and Therese Comodini Cachia (EPP, Nationalist Party) on human trafficking as modern-day slavery. The public discussion will be moderated by senior journalist Mark Micallef.
Other speakers include Brad Blitz from Middlesex University, Nathalie Grima from the University of Malta, and Jean Pierre Gauci for the People for Change Foundation.