I read with great concern the report (December 18) on Police Superintendent Silvio Valletta's comments in the law courts where he stated that Marsa is becoming a dangerous place for the Maltese because of the migrant population in this town. My concern is not about Marsa becoming a dangerous place - I pass near the open centre for migrants often and I have never experienced any incident. Instead, I was concerned at the insensitivity of the superintendent's comment.
How can he criminalise an entire area and all the migrants just because a person from that area, who happened to be a migrant, committed a crime? And what right does the superintendent have to speak on behalf of all the Maltese by saying that the "Maltese people cannot even go to Marsa because they are afraid"?
As a Maltese person I disassociate myself from the superintendent's comment and sincerely hope that in the future more sensitivity is shown by those institutions that should fight racism and not foment it.