Around 200 refugees will be resettled in the United States (US) to ease Malta's illegal immigration burdens.
At present, around 700 immigrants are residents of detention centers, while a
further 1,700 are open centre residents.
There are also plans for the US
government to resettle 200 immigrants from Malta every year through an
initiative steered by the UN High Commission for Refugees.
The imitative is targeted at refugees or migrants in need of humanitarian
protection, excluding economic migrants. Main beneficiaries will be vulnerable
groups, like children and single women, sources told The Times.
The refugees are to be resettled in the upcoming months. The initiative is considered to be unique as
UNHCR normally does not resettle refugees from developed countries, but from Third World countries.
To date, the Netherlands, Germany and Lithuania have also taken refugees from Malta.
Read more about this issue on MaltaMedia's special feature: Lanċa
Ġejja u Oħra Sejra: Malta and its migrations.
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