Three illegal immigrants who had been on hunger strike for 10 days at Hal Far detention centre were taken to hospital on Saturday evening, an immigrant told The Times yesterday.
Two of the migrants were released and returned to the centre yesterday and the third was kept in hospital for further treatment.
In all 37 out of a total complement of about 80 immigrants are on hunger strike to protest against prolonged detention.
On Saturday, Peace Lab officials, led by Fr Dionysius Mintoff, staged a day-long protest against detention by remaining inside the Safi detention centre instead of leaving after they delivered milk to the immigrants as they regularly do.
Sad stories continue to flow in about immigrants who had to leave their country, especially in cases where their life was in danger in view of their opposition to dictatorial regimes.
A caller from the Hal Far centre, who gave his name as Isam Abdel Rasak, 34, said he was from Sudan and a lawyer by profession. He has been under detention for over two years.
Mr Rasak, who said he supported the Democratic Party in his country, had strongly opposed what he described as a "military corrupted system" in Sudan where civil war was rife in at least three regions. He was arrested four times, while he was still studying and later when he became lawyer.
He claimed that since he has been in detention in Malta he started suffering from hypertension and certification by local doctors shows he now has a heart condition.
He is baffled at the fact that other immigrants who had arrived in Malta after him were now free.
Mr Rasak said that his application for refugee status had been rejected but he does not want to go back to his country. "It is very dangerous for me to go back. I am sure that as soon as I arrive at the airport I will be taken to prison or perhaps end up with a bullet in my head."
He says he feels completely lost since when he asks about his situation: "They tell me nothing".
Asked why he was on hunger strike, Mr Rasak said that "for me it made no difference to live or die".