Migration: EU still awaiting Malta's application for emergency assistance

The European Commission is still awaiting an application from Malta that would trigger an emergency assistance mechanism on irregular migration, the director general of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), Robert Visser said. Last July, following...

October 30, 2013| Times of Malta 1 min read

The European Commission is still awaiting an application from Malta that would trigger an emergency assistance mechanism on irregular migration, the director general of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), Robert Visser said.

Last July, following the arrival of hundreds of asylum seekers, the Government had said it was in the process of submitting the application. However, it appears the application has still not reached Brussels.

Asked yesterday for an update, Mr Visser – visibly uncomfortable – said that despite being aware that Malta intended submitting an application, nothing had been received from the Maltese government.

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