Castille Square's new monument, to be inaugurated during next week's Valletta Summit for Migration, arrived in the square on a large truck this afternoon.
The monument was announced by the government last month.
The bianco carrara marble sculpture, designed by Vince Briffa is in the form of a “knot”, symbolising the close geographical link between Europe and Africa as well as the “entanglement” of these two continents over migration.
The monument was carved out of a 34-tonne marble block quarried in Italy, which was subsequently chiselled down to six-tonne pieces to get the desired form.