135 people rescued by Maltese forces are housed on tourist boats off Malta and 78 people remain stranded on a cargo ship waiting for disembarkation. After completing a 14 day quarantine the fate of 180 people who were allowed to enter the port of Palermo remains...
The French Court of Auditors (Cours des comptes) has published a public report analysing the politics of entry, stay and first reception of third country nationals in France. Regarding the state’s asylum policy, the Court finds that while the number of asylum seekers...
The destiny of a group of 62 people in distress in the Maltese Search & Rescue zone since Tuesday remains unknown. In another case, Maltese official admits to having coordinated upon instructions from the office of the Prime Minister a push-back operation to Libya...
Two groups of rescued people from the civilian rescue vessel Aita Mari and Alan Kurdi are now spending a fourteen-day quarantine on an Italian passenger ship. Maltese decision-makers face investigations over actions and inactions concerning the rescue of people at...
The updated Country Report on Malta provides a detailed overview of the main developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2019. 2019 saw an increase in sea arrivals to Malta...
