A criminal investigation into Malta's treatment of migrants and refugees is now being demanded by international NGO Amnesty International.
The Mediterranean island state, over the past few months, has seen a rise in the number of people rescued at sea and brought to its shores. Some 2,100 arrived over the past six months, compared to 3,400 in all of 2019.
Meanwhile, the government under prime minister Robert Abela has been accused ...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.