Boats used by asylum seekers and migrants trying to reach European soil from Africa lie in a field at the Safi detention centre outside Valletta March 13, 2009. International aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday it has suspended operations at Malta’s migrant detention centres, citing appalling living conditions. European Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot is expected to visit a detention centre on Saturday. Photo by DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI
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