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Malta wants the strengthening of Libya’s border authorities
‘Illum’ reveals Joseph Muscat’s position during the bilateral talks; says that Muscat’s push-back approach caused internal dissent in Labour’s parliamentary group.
14 July 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
Joseph Muscat, Hermann Van Rompuy and Libya's deputy Prime Minister, Sadiq Abdulrahman
During the talks between European Council President Van Rompuy, Joseph Muscat and Libya's deputy Prime Minister, Malta promoted the idea of strengthening the concept of border management by Libyan authorities.
Muscat seemed optimist Libya would be willing to cooperate. "Libya only needs the technical equipment required, not financial aid," sources at the Office of the Prime Minister said.
Ironically, it was Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who found the solution when he ordered his troops to guard Libya's southern borders. In fact, statistics show that locally, arrivals of irregular immigrants in 2010 dropped to a mere 47.
Read more in Sunday's edition of 'Illum'
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2010 was also the year Italy started the push back policy, so it does work saving us big problems with illegal immigrants and saving lives.
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It seems that there is a solution as this was achieved in the very recent past.
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APPEAL TO THE LIBYAN AMBASSADOR. Your Excellency. We are neighbours and we wish each other a lot of good. During the Libyan people's uprising against dictatorship, we gave you our full support. We prevented bombers trapped in Malta from going to attack Libya, we brought your injured people to Maltese hopitals. We behaved towards you like real brothers. We now have a big problem of illegal immigration. It seems that you find it difficult to supervise all the points of departure of these people coming, not from your country, but from outside. This problem is dividing and hurting the Maltese people. Please create closer supervision posts at the beaches where illegal migrants usually leave. There aren't a thousand places. Some of the usual places are known to the Libyan government. Please do us this service as we have always been - and remain - ready to be of service to the Libyan people. Thanking you in advance.
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Few people know how the Libyan border can be tightened, but in Malta we have academic experts close to the PN who can surely find solutions. First they look around, then they see foreign NGOs and extinct Alternattiva's antics, then they copycat them and declare that this zero solution is the best they can do. Some academics Ho Ho Ho!
Emmanuel Mallia •
What ever happened to simple simon's baby the FRONTEX ??
