After international protests Malta let more than 400 migrants enter the port. Most people have been stuck on small quarantine ships off the Mediterranean for weeks. At the same time threw government in Valletta the other EU countries lack solidarity in front.
“The government is not willing to endanger the lives of both migrants and the occupation, given that the Member States of the European Union when taking over none solidarity show “, it said in the announcement from late Saturday.
“No country wants to take them in”
“No European country wants to accept these migrants, although from solidarity was the talk, “wrote the government about the 425 affected. First, the “Europa II”, originally used as a tourist boat, ran close to a port Valletta one like the newspaper Times of Malta reported on Sunday. The ship was accompanied by two patrol boats. People were allowed to go ashore.
Head of government Robert Abela confirmed on Sunday that the situation on “Europa II” had previously worsened. Migrants had used knives and threatened to blow up a gas bottle and kidnap the crew. “They gave us half an hour to act,” said Abela. Malta government has hired four tourist boats to detain migrants outside their territorial waters for a corona quarantine. Some have been on board since April 30th.
Negotiations on takeover
Aid organizations and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović, had criticized the procedure sharply. The government said that “intensive negotiations with other EU member states on the takeover were ongoing”.
Malta had similar to Italy in the corona pandemic stated that it could no longer offer safe havens for migrants. These often start in boats from Libya. Many are in distress. The EU country has been under pressure for a long time Brussels and other governments to allow newcomers to be sent quickly.
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