Illegal
immigration was at the top of the agenda in a meeting between Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Justice Tonio Borg and Libyan Minister for European
Relations Abdel Atti Ibrahim Al-Obeidi, which took place in Valletta on Friday.
During
the meeting both Ministers agreed to further technical cooperation meetings to
ease problems tied to illegal immigration. Minister Al-Obedi also said that he
will soon head to Italy,
where discussion on how illegal immigration is affecting the three countries
will continue.
The
Minister also spoke of cooperating to transfer persons between Malta and Libya when the Schengen is in
place.
Organised
criminality and drugs were also touched up, with Ministers highlighting the
need of enhanced cooperation between Maltese and Libyan Police. For this aim, the
Libyan Home Affairs Minister will be visiting Malta soon.
Read more about this issue in MaltaMedia’s Special Feature Lanċa Ġejja u Ohra Sejra.
