Prime Minister Robert Abela said the solution to migration is to stem the flow of boats leaving Libya to stop people from embarking on perilous sea journeys and applying for asylum in Malta and Europe. This came after Malta signed a joint statement with Italy and other Mediterranean countries to promote a coordinated approach on immigration policy. The solution, he added, is not that of allowing asylum seekers leave Libya on boats “and then see what happens boat by boat when they’re in danger in the middle of the sea,” but to stem the flow of migration at source. Over the weekend, Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus signed a statement in which they effective attacked NGO rescue boats, which they claimed do not respect international law. Several international reports, as well as thousands of accounts by survivors, have documented the heinous treatment meted out to migrants and refugees in Libya.

Source: Libya Today November 14, 2022 22:44 UTC