Undocumented migrants are put into detention, pending their application. The authorities say detention is the best system to deal with the problem. Humanitarian organisations say it is an expensive system which merely criminalises migrants in the eyes of the public. After yet another riot, should we do something about the detention policy?
Last Tuesday’s edition of Times Talk discussed Malta’s controversial detention policy.
Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia, Opposition MP Claudette Buttigieg and human rights lawyer Neil Falzon were the studio guests.