Right of refugees to bring relatives to Malta

Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bring their relatives to Malta, but such a right is enjoyed by those migrants who are granted refugee status, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said this morning. He said when speaking in Parliament...

June 10, 2009| Times of Malta 1 min read
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Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bring their relatives to Malta, but such a right is enjoyed by those migrants who are granted refugee status, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said this morning.

He said when speaking in Parliament that this is in line with the 1951 Geneva Convention.

The minister was replying to a parliamentary question by Chris Cardona.

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