Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona OP visited irregular migrants residing at the Hal Far closed centre yesterday.
A Curia statement said that Mgr Cremona had been welcomed by Lt Col. Brian Gatt, commander of the detention services, who gave a brief
outline of the work carried out at the centre.
Mgr Cremona spoke to the soldiers stationed at the
centre and later met migrants, both those staying in the complex and others living in tents erected in the compound.