More than 530 migrants have been admitted to Mount Carmel Hospital since 2007, Times of Malta has learnt.
The figure works out at 10 per cent of the UN refugee agency’s estimated 5,300 migrants in Malta.
According to Jesuit Refugee Service’s social worker Kristina Zammit, detention is the main trigger of mental health problems among irregular migrants who, to date, still do not receive immediate psychosocial support when they land.
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