About 70 Immigrants, all men, arrived today in Malta after being rescued in the Mediterranean.
The Interior Ministry confirmed that the rescue operation was carried out by a patrol boat of the Maltese Armed Forces, but gave no further details.
Malta has not seen migrant arrivals on the same scale as other parts of the Mediterranean – More than 2,000 migrants arrive on Italian island of Lampedusa over weekend.
A report by the Council of Europe Commission for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, published in March, criticized the conditions in Malta’s detention centers, accusing the government of violating international law and violating European values.
The report was drawn up following a delegation visit to Malta in September 2020. It stated that found migrants who had been “forgotten for months”, locked up in dirty and degrading conditions without proper medical care.
THE Malta maintains that it follows international law in the rescue and treatment of migrants. Several small groups of migrants have been sent to other European countries in recent weeks through European Commission arrangements.
Meanwhile, a representative of the European Commission stated today that The Commission has not yet received offers from Member States to accept migrants from Italy after the arrival of hundreds of people by boat on the island Lampedusa during the weekend, as broadcast by Reuters and rebroadcast by the Athens News Agency.
“So far, we have had contacts with several Member States. “So far we have not made any specific commitment regarding, for example, relocation,” a spokesman for the European Union said in a press conference today.
Yesterday, Monday, Home Affairs Commissioner Ilva Johansson called on member states to show solidarity with Italy and support the relocation of migrants.
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