Malta

OPINION,
How Malta stole the youth of three young men
Abdalla, Amara and Kader helped authorities defuse a tense situation on a boat with asylum seekers. Their reward? Jail.
opinion by Cetta Mainwaring and Maurice Stierl
Published On 25 Aug 2023
The eastern Libyan militia illegally towing back vulnerable refugees
Manning a homonymous vessel, the Tareq Bin Zeyad ventures outside Libya’s search and rescue area to pull back boats.
Published On 11 Aug 2023
NGO in ‘race against time’ to rescue 500 onboard boat in distress
NGO Emergency says Maltese authorities so far failed to heed calls for a rescue as boat takes on water in bad weather.
Published On 24 May 2023
OPINION,
The EU’s secret weapon against refugees — time
Delays in rescuing people at sea aren’t a European policy failure. They are a deliberate, cruel strategy.
opinion by Maurice Stierl
Published On 17 May 2023

International NGOs find that the Maltese government breached a part of the 1951 Geneva Convention.

Two brothers plead guilty to murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, an anti-corruption journalist killed in a car bombing.

The EU body will file a legal challenge against Malta for the scheme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship.

The refugees, including two infants and a child, ‘died of thirst, hunger and severe burns’, the UNHCR has said.

Passengers say they have been without food and water for several days, as Malta ‘refuses’ to allow rescue operation.

Two children have died, refugees say, as about 60 of them remain stranded for days on a boat in the Mediterranean.

On board a Doctors Without Borders search and rescue ship along one of the world’s deadliest migration routes.

Labour wins 55.11 percent of the vote, final results show – a bigger win than in 2017 or 2013 despite the low turnout.

Opposition party concedes defeat as Prime Minister Robert Abela secures his first mandate.

The incumbent government, which has campaigned on its handling of pandemic and economic track record, predicted to win.

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