The Solidarity with Migrants group has launched a campaign, ‘Free the Nine’, calling on the competent authorities to release the nine Malian migrants who have been incarcerated for almost three months, even though their incarceration was not sentenced by a law-court and they have committed no crime.
The Solidarity with Migrants group said “it decided to launch this campaign today, the 10th of February, the feast of Saint Paul, a feast which, amongst other things, commemorates Maltese hospitality and empathy with the foreigner and with those who are suffering. The Solidarity with Migrants group notes that it is ironic that the islands will be celebrating the recurrence, while the nine individuals are imprisoned for no valid reason.”
The Malta Independent, the Times of Malta and Malta Today recently joined forces and are calling on the government to refrain from senselessly deporting all those detained migrants from Mali who have been living in Malta for years, and employ a well-reasoned, practical policy.
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