Tag: Immigrants
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Australian Bureau of Statistics releases geography of Maltese in Australia
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a map with the locations of the Maltese diaspora and their descendants ahead of the Australian national census. The Maltese diaspora and their descendants in Australia are estimated at around 500,000 people making them equivalent in number as nearly the Maltese at home. Most Maltese who immigrated to…
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Illegal migrant arrivals remain flat in Malta as “Fortress Europe” tightens its screws
Illegal boat-migrant arrivals in Malta in 2025 have remained nearly flat compared to last year with 8 boats and 246 migrants in total. The 2024 figure was 6 boats and 238 migrants. The statistics were published by the NSO marking World Refugee Day. The EU is tightening its asylum procedures this year allowing for faster-track…
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Libyan Prime Minister protests against new EU asylum rules: Maltese MEPs accused of ICE-styled deportations
The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is currently protesting against the EU rules on asylum applications, which will enable countries to deport migrants from the point where they travelled and not their country origin. The new regulation, approved which came into force on June 12th is called the “safe third-country concept” and can be…
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Belfast riots continue for the second day
There were riots in Belfast today for the second day in a row, with anti-immigration protests escalating into violence after a Sudanese man was arrested over a brutal knife attack that has been widely described as an attempted beheading. The victim, Stephen Ogilvie, was left with serious injuries after being attacked in Belfast. The suspect,…
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11 immigrants die in shipwreck off Maltese coast
Grim news started the week this morning as the Armed Forces of Malta confirmed that 11 people died in a shipwreck off the Maltese coast after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized east of Malta. The incident took place approximately 50 nautical miles east of Malta, outside territorial waters, according to a statement issued by…
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4.2 million immigrants to the EU in 2024: Malta with the highest immigration rate per resident
The European Union received 4.2 million first-time immigrants in 2024, according to the latest figures published by Eurostat. This figure does not include refugees or migrants from Ukraine. Up to 1.5 million EU citizens migrated to another EU country. There were in total up to new 9.2 immigrants per 1,000 EU residents. Relative to the…
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Gunning for the European Commission: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made quite a mark with his new policy to accept up to 500,000 illegal immigrants. The Spanish Prime Minister listed his reasons for his policy in an article in The New York Times. He argued in favour of regularising immigrants to boost the economy but he also made a…
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Irregular Asian migrant deported after failing to qualify for protection
Immigration Police have carried out the forced removal of an irregular migrant of Asian origin after he was found not to be eligible for international protection in the country. The man had entered Malta in 2023 and, since then, repeatedly failed to cooperate with authorities in efforts to return him to his country of origin.…
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Another immigrant boat capsizes in Libya earlier this month
According to the International Organization for Migration another migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya on November 8th resulting in the death of up to 42 migrants, with most them being Sudanese migrants. This is the second case recoded case of a migrant boat capsizing in Libya since late October. The boat left Zuwara…
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18 migrants drowned after boat capsized near the Libyan coast
A migrant boat with more than 100 people capsized near the Libyan town of Sabratha earlier this week on Tuesday morning. Libyan authorities have stated that up to 18 people have died with up to 90 survivors. Survivors include up to 31 Sudanese nationals, 18 individuals from Bangladesh and 12 individuals from Pakistan. Maltese HeraldNewsroom…
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Libya haunted by a wave of racism as government cracks down on illegal migrants
Libya is currently being plagued by mass wave of racism as the government clamps down on illegal immigrants. The clampdown is mostly focused on Black immigrants who are often victims of racism across Libya. Several reports of Libyans taking the law in their own hands to search for immigrants are coming up daily with many…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg meets his Libyan counterpart to discuss migration and maritime borders
Yesterday in the afternoon, Libya’s Minister for Forreign Affairs Taher Salem Al Baour from the Government of National Unity (Tripoli) came to Malta to meet his counterpart, Minister Ian Borg. According to Libya’s private media outlet and TV Channel Al-Ahrar, the pair discussed maritime borders. A press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated…