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It is the end of the ordeal for 49 migrants who have been wandering for several weeks. They were able to land in Valletta after an agreement found in the European Union. This agreement also concerns 249 other migrants already present in Malta, who will be hosted in a dozen countries, or sent back to their country of origin.
While Malta refused to allow humanitarian ships to dock , its coastguards rescued 249 migrants at the end of December and brought them back to the land as required by maritime law. Valletta therefore logically asked that the agreement concerns all migrants, ie 298 people.
78 of them will remain in Malta, the smallest country in the Union. But 44 Bangladeshi should be returned to their country, according to statements by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who believes that these people have no reason to seek asylum in Malta. Knowing that before a referral, the asylum procedure must be investigated in accordance with European legislation.
220 people will be divided between Germany, France, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Italy. But in Rome the subject divides the coalition government. Prime Minister M5S, Giuseppe Conte, approved the agreement, determined to make a humanitarian gesture. But his Deputy Prime Minister of the League, Matteo Salvini, he refuses this gesture. " I was not consulted, and whether they are 8 or 88, I will not allow anyone to enter Italy, " he said, at the risk of triggering a crisis at the helm of the country.