Tag: third-country nationals
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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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Just as in an internationalised dystopia, foreigners will be welcomed
Earlier this week, Adrian Delia riled up a lot of haters against him after he said that it is concerning that some localities in Malta have more foreigners than Maltese living in them. Joseph Muscat took the opportunity of this seemingly xenophobe attack to write an essay in defence of foreigners in living Malta saying…
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First time Maltese language is being introduced as a requirement for a working-visa
According to the Times of Malta, the Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said that foreigners applying for working visas in Malta will have to take a test which includes the Maltese language. This is good news, but the reform focuses more on a general knowledge test than on the Maltese language itself. The Maltese language…
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Malta’s Labour Migration Policy set to roll out in phases starting 1st August
According to the government, Malta’s new Labour Migration Policy will begin implementation on 1st August with 12 measures taking effect, and another 8 by year’s end. These reforms aim to strike a balance between labour market needs and fair employment practices, while curbing abuse and enhancing workforce quality. The government states that the policy stems…
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Read the slave-labour-like conditions of third-country-nationals at the Delicata wine factory
Following the article published on third-country nationals, we received a copy of the contract that Delicata, the winemaker, is signing with its third-country-national employees. The gross salary is €6.5 per hour and the employees are obliged to pay a considerable sum of money if they decide to change employment. They are also bound by very…
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Foreign employee in Malta asked to pay €4,000 before changing job: many complain of violence and abuse
This isn’t a unique occurrence, but I am uploading this piece after I found a series of complaints and statements by third-country nationals in Malta describing the abuse they experienced from their employers and landlords. Some are even alleging they were hit and violently abused. These statements have been posted in Facebook groups dedicated to…
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The deported witnesses of the Identity Malta ID-Card Racket will be asked to testify online
Yesterday, following the publication of this article on the deportees who were also suspects of the Identity Malta Id-Card racket, a government official sent me a message to reassure me that these witnesses will be sought to testify to the Court online via webcam. Supposedly, this should have been reassuring to the fact that the…
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Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri deported two witnesses of the Identity Malta case
While the government is trying to downplay the Identity Malta scandal, where public officials ran a racket of fraudulent ID cards to third-country nationals, it may be good to remember that the investigation was prompted by Jason Azzopardi. There are also signs that the government was not very enthusiastic in seeing a fully-fledged case and…
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Non-EU migration trends: Over 112,000 ordered to leave EU in Q3 2024, Returns increase by 13%
According to the latest migration statistics, European Union member states issued 112,335 migration orders to non-EU citizens in the third quarter of 2023. During the same period, 27,740 persons were expelled from the European Union or its member states. This marks a 13 percent increase in returns compared to the previous quarter, where only 5,000…
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Third-Country Nationals: the latest source of revenue for the Catholic Church
It’s incredible how one of the only ways the Catholic Church in Europe is offsetting its decreasing number of members and monetary contributions is by third-country nationals. Clearly, this is the case in Malta. For background reading about this you can read my article about The Philippines and its community in Malta which is currently,…
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Third-country nationals are yet again victims of the government’s latest actions
The government is making a mess in its newly issued controls over third-country nationals employment. Many third-country nationals who have been refused work or asked to leave by the new measures paid hefty fees to their brokers to come to Malta and work. These fees start from €5,000 per trip and the people paying these…
