https://islelanders.com/about/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/logo-maf-1.jpgLOGO-MAF-1https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vertical_color_positive_web_sm1.jpgvertical_color_positive_web_smhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dzln.jpgDarrin Zammit Lupi2017-08-27T11:04:13+00:00weekly0.6https://islelanders.com/events/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dzlimg_4282.jpgdzlIMG_4282https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dzlimg_4276.jpgdzlIMG_4276https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dzlimg_4274.jpgdzlIMG_4274https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/header.pngheaderhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ballart1.jpghttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ballart2.jpgballart2https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/coe1.jpghttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/coe3.jpgCoE3https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/visa-pour-l-image.gifVisa-pour-l-Imagehttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/visa.pngvisa2017-08-27T10:30:36+00:00weekly0.6https://islelanders.com/2016/06/19/on-fathers/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtr23e0p-social-media-comp.jpgWould-be immigrants walk towards a police bus after being brought ashore from the motor tanker "Overseas Primar" by the Armed Forces of Malta in Valletta's Grand Harbour January 14, 2009. The Marshall Islands-registered tanker rescued 162 migrants from a 10-metre boat 59 miles south of Malta after finding themselves in difficulty while on their way to reach European soil from Africa on January 11, but bad weather had since thwarted several attempts at the disembarkation of the migrants. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA). MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA. - RTR23E0Phttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx14jqo-social-media-comp.jpgSyrian refugee Mohammed Abdel Laal Shemi carries his five-year old daughter Lamar on his shoulders at the Hal Far open centre for migrants in Hal Far, outside Valletta, October 22, 2013. Laal Shemi lost his wife, who was pregnant with twins, and his other daughter, when their boat capsized 60 miles south of Lampedusa earlier this month, leaving between 50 and 200 Syrian and Palestinian migrants dead, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION DISASTER) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX14JQOhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx14jpw-social-media-comp.jpgSyrian refugee Mohammed Abdel Laal Shemi carries his five-year-old daughter Lamar on his shoulders at the Hal Far open centre for migrants in Hal Far, outside Valletta, October 22, 2013. Laal Shemi lost his wife, who was pregnant with twins, and his other daughter, when their boat capsized 60 miles south of Lampedusa earlier this month, leaving between 50 and 200 Syrian and Palestinian migrants dead, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION DISASTER) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX14JPWhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx1ndxm-social-media-comp.jpgA migrant carries his baby on a Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) alongside the MOAS ship MV Phoenix before being transferred to the Norwegian ship Siem Pilot off the coast of Libya August 6, 2015. An estimated 700 migrants on an overloaded wooden boat were rescued 10.5 miles (16 kilometres) off the coast of Libya by the international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (MSF) and MOAS without loss of life on Thursday afternoon, according to MSF and MOAS, a day after more than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy after rescuers saved over 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying 600. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX1NDXMhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx1mm5e-social-media-comp.jpgA sub-Saharan migrant carries his child while disembarking from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship MV Phoenix in Vibo Valentia, Italy, July 31, 2015. 195 migrants who were rescued off Libya on Wednesday arrived in Italy on Friday afternoon. The Phoenix, manned by personnel from international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (MSF) and MOAS, is the first privately funded vessel to operate in the Mediterranean.REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX1MM5Ehttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx1mm4w-social-media-comp.jpgA sub-Saharan migrant holds his child while sitting on the deck of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship MV Phoenix in Vibo Valentia, Italy, July 31, 2015. 195 migrants who were rescued off Libya on Wednesday arrived in Italy on Friday afternoon. The Phoenix, manned by personnel from international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (MSF) and MOAS, is the first privately funded vessel to operate in the Mediterranean. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX1MM4Whttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtr4458c-social-media-comp.jpgA man passes his ill baby to an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) soldier after arriving on an fast rescue launch at the AFM's Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, August 28, 2014. The man and his family with two children were brought to Malta on a fast rescue launch after being picked up from a sinking boat because of the deteriorating medical condition of one of the children, a six-month-old baby, reported local media. A group of 250 migrants including this family were picked up from the sinking boat by a cargo ship and brought to the edge of Malta's territorial waters on Thursday morning, and then transferred to patrol boats, with army sources saying the other migrants are scheduled to arrive on Thursday evening. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION MILITARY HEALTH) MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTR4458Chttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx26c7h-social-media-comp.jpgA migrant carries a child wrapped in a blanket to a train as migrants and refugees wait to continue their train journey to western Europe at a refugee transit camp in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX26C7Hhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx26jsu-social-media-comp.jpgA child hugs a man as migrants and refugees wait to continue their train journey to western Europe at a refugee transit camp in Sid, Serbia, February 11, 2016.REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX26JSUhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rtx255om-social-media-comp.jpgA migrant plays with a child as refugees and migrants wait to continue their journey towards western Europe from the Macedonia-Serbia border at a transit camp in the village of Presevo, Serbia, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. 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6 Dec 2014 - 4 Jan 20152014-12-16T12:32:09+00:00weekly0.6https://islelanders.com/2014/11/07/refugee-camp-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/woamn-e1415364433683.jpgwoamnA Somali woman waves to a friend as she comes out of the tent they share at Hal Far Tent Village open centre for migrants at Hal Far outside Valletta, June 6, 2007. Many asylum seekers who are granted protection are released from detention into one of the open centres. Some opt to move to the community right away2014-11-07T12:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/10/31/moas-rescue-104-migrants/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/31101-e1414765329664.jpgMOAS rescue 105 migrants in rubber dinghyPhoto: Darrin Zammit Lupi/MOASA group of 104 sub-Saharan Africans on board a rubber dinghy reach out for life jackets tossed to them by rescuers of the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) some 25 miles off the Libyan coast October 4, 2014. MOAS, a privately-funded humanitarian initiative, began operating at the end of August and has assisted in the rescue of some 2,500 migrants crossing from Libyan shores towards Europe.https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3110-e1414765179920.jpgMOAS rescue 105 migrants in rubber dinghyA group of 104 sub-Saharan Africans on board a rubber dinghy reach out for life jackets tossed to them by rescuers of the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) some 25 miles off the Libyan coast October 4, 2014. MOAS, a privately-funded humanitarian initiative, began operating at the end of August and has assisted in the rescue of some 2,500 migrants crossing from Libyan shores towards Europe.2014-10-31T14:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/10/22/moas-rescues-106-migrants/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/moas-e1413969973719.jpg104 sub-Saharan Africans on board a rubber dinghy wait to be rescued by the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) some 25 miles off the Libyan coast106 sub-Saharan Africans on board a rubber dinghy wait to be rescued by the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) off the Libyan coast October 4, 2014. MOAS, a privately-funded humanitarian initiative, began operating at the end of August and has since assisted in the rescue of some 2,200 migrants crossing from Libyan shores towards Europe. 2014-10-22T09:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/10/07/yonas/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/yonasrestaurant-e1412680913555.jpgYonas OukubamichaelSelam, Eritrean restaurant in HamrunEritrean restaurateur and entrepreneur Yonas Oukubamichael embraces a Maltese friend and client after serving dinner at his restaurant Selam in Hamrun June 22, 2014.2014-10-07T11:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/10/02/523/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rescue_pa1-e1412258464625.jpgrescue_pa1Asylum seekers sit in a police bus after disembarking from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat, reflected in the bus window, at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour July 26, 2007. The Armed Forces of Malta rescued twenty-nine asylum seekers when their makeshift boat started taking on water 60 nautical miles south of Malta while on their way to reach European soil from Africa. 2014-10-02T14:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/09/25/130-sub-saharan-african-migrants-rescued-by-armed-forces-of-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2509-e1411653882109.jpgImmigrants sit on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) inshore patrol vessel after arriving at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, early June 8, 2014. A group of 130 Sub-Saharan African migrants were rescued by the AFM south of the Maltese islands when their boat ran into difficulties, according to army sources.2014-09-25T14:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/islelanders-files-wordpress-com201305islesponsors-pdf/2014-09-23T09:58:16+00:00weekly0.6https://islelanders.com/2014/09/18/refugees-saved-in-malta-1998/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1999-5nshl-e1411031821231.jpg1999-5nshlA refugee from Sierra Leone, exhausted and lucky to be alive, slumps her head against the head rest on a Maltese Army coach near the Russian survey ship "Akademia Nikolas Strakov" in Grand Harbour in Valletta on December 6, 1998. The group of 52 refugees was rescued by the ship's crew 94 miles south-west of Malta. The 43 men and 9 women, from Sierra Leone, Egypt and Algeria, were found on a small open boat in rough seas. Eight of their colleagues are missing, believed drowned and a search for them was abandoned at sundown. They are believed to have been on their way to Italy.2016-09-19T10:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/09/10/funeral/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/funeral-e1410337653660.jpgA Nigerian woman, whose husband drowned while attempting to reach Europe by sea, reacts as the coffin is lowered into a grave at Addolorata cemetery outside Valletta October 16, 2012. Four Nigerian immigrants who lost their lives while attempting to reach Europe by sea were buried once DNA test results confirmed their identities. The body of her husband was never found.2014-12-17T15:06:20+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/09/03/syrian-refugees-brought-to-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/syrianboat1-e1409751813201.jpgRescued refugees disembark from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat after arriving at the AFM's Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, August 28, 2014. A total of 257 people from Syria, Iran, Iraq, the Palestinian Territories and Senegal, arrived in Malta on Thursday evening after they were rescued from a sinking boat by a cargo ship and transferred to AFM patrol boats.2014-09-03T13:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/08/29/jesuit-refugee-service-commemorative-service-for-syrian-refugees/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/commservice-e1409302138690.jpgSyrian and Sub-Saharan African migrants attend a commemorative service organised by the Jesuit Refugee Services for immigrants who lost their lives at sea earlier this month, in Valletta's Grand HarbourSyrian and Sub-Saharan African migrants attend a commemorative service organised by the Jesuit Refugee Services for immigrants who lost their lives at sea earlier this month, in Valletta's Grand Harbour, October 25, 2013. 2014-10-05T16:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/08/26/somali-woman-in-malta-detention/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/somaliwoman-e1409042792220.jpgA Somali woman lies on her bed in a dormitory at the Lyster barracks detention centre for immigrants, which currently holds 236 detainees, in Hal Far, outside Valletta, October 22, 2013. 2014-08-26T10:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/08/06/eid-al-ftir-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/eidalftir-e1407330785364.jpgEidalftirAn African man eats his meal during Eid al-Fitr celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan at the Marsa Open Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Marsa in Valletta's Grand Harbour September 10, 2010. 2014-08-25T23:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/29/migrants-rescued-by-armed-forces-of-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/disembark-e1406637528258.jpgMigrants wait to disembark from an Armed Forces of Malta vessel at Valletta's Marsamxett HarbourMigrants wait to disembark from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) vessel at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, late March 20, 2014. 90 migrants claiming to be from Somalia were rescued by the AFM some 25 nautical miles off the Maltese islands when their boat ran into difficulties, according to army sources.2014-07-29T12:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/25/being-human/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sitting_afmdeck-e1406293495704.jpgAfrican migrants sit on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat after arriving at the AFM Maritime Squadron base in Valletta's Marsamxett HarbourAfrican migrants sit on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat after arriving at the AFM Maritime Squadron base in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour July 20, 2014. 83 migrants were rescued by a freighter after they were found to be in distress and were then transferred to the Maltese patrol boat, according to local media. 2014-07-25T13:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/22/tragedy-at-sea/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/medtragedy_2107-e1406028462164.jpgHazmat and forensic officers work on board a fishing boat, on which 19 migrants are reported to have died, at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, after it was towed to Malta by the AFMHazmat and forensic officers work on board a fishing boat, on which 19 migrants are reported to have died, at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Maritime Squadron base in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, after it was towed to Malta by the AFM, July 20, 2014. Nineteen people died trying to reach Italy on a boat packed with hundreds of migrants, probably poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes from its engines, said the Italian Navy on Saturday, which has rescued more than 4,000 migrants in the last three days. 2014-07-22T11:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/18/mother-and-child-asylum-seekers-rescued-by-armed-forces-of-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mother-and-child-e1405690239251.jpgMother and childAn exhausted migrant cradles her two year old son while sitting on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat after berthing at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour early May 31, 2012. Sixty-five migrants, most of who claim to be from Eritrea, were rescued by the AFM 74 nautical miles south of Malta when their rubber dinghy started taking on water while on its way to reach European soil from Africa, authorities said. 2014-07-18T13:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/07/ramadan-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-e1404724990665.jpgMubarak Mahmud, Somali immigrant reads Koran in mosque at Marsa Open CentreMubarak Mahmud, a Somali asylum seeker, reads the Koran in the mosque at the Marsa Open Centre in Malta during Ramadan on August 2, 2013. The Marsa Open Centre houses around 500 male residents from 19 different countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2014-07-07T09:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/07/07/afm-rescues-180-asylum-seekers/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/boat-e1404724485641.jpgMigrants rescuedArmed Forces of Malta marines toss bottles of water to a group of around 180 people as a rescue operation gets underway after their vessel ran into engine trouble, some 30km (19 miles) southwest of Malta September 25, 2005. 2014-07-14T17:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/06/27/world-cup-in-malta-2006/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dzl_c4w6668-e1403874613413.jpgMALTAMigrants watch others from Ivory Coast and Somalia play in their version of a World Cup soccer final at the Marsa open centre for refugees outside Valletta June 11, 2006. Residents of the open centre from several African nations took part in the five-aside tournament as a way of joining in the world-wide celebration of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.2014-06-27T13:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/06/19/world-refugee-day-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dzl_mg_0461-e1403096504557.jpgdzl_MG_0461An African immigrant whose wife had drowned is helped out of the water after laying flowers in the sea, during a memorial service to commemorate those who died while crossing from Africa to Europe over the years, in Birzebbuga, outside Valletta, June 18, 2009. 2014-06-20T08:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/06/16/migrants-playing-football-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dzl_mg_3902a-1-e1402918237835.jpgdzl_MG_3902A (1)African immigrants play football at the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa in Valletta's Grand Harbour May 29, 2010. 2014-06-17T12:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/06/09/129-migrants-rescued-by-armed-forces-of-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/best-dzl_25a9870-e1402308357625.jpgAn ill irregular immigrant lies on the ground as a blanket is placed over him at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, early June 8, 2014. 129 Sub-Saharan African migrants were rescued by the AFM south of the Maltese islands when their boat ran into difficulties, according to army sources.2014-06-09T11:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/06/02/durable-solutions-unhcr-malta-refugees/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dzl_zl_9009-e1401708501197.jpgBeneficiaries of protection arrive for a Durable Solutions registration session organised by the UNHCR at the Floriana Primary School on May 23, 2014.2014-06-02T11:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/05/28/palestinian-refugee-malta-rescue-integration/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rtx148lh-e1401282462118.jpgPalestinian boy from Syria A rescued migrant child looks out of the window of a police bus after arriving at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour October 12, 2013. Dozens of people died on Friday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coastguard said. 147 survivors, believed to all be Syrians, arrived in Malta on Saturday morning, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA - 2015-04-09T23:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/05/13/438/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20mar14_25a2828-e1399974105145.jpgMigrants disembark from an Armed Forces of Malta vessel at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett HarbourMigrants disembark from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) vessel at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour, late March 20, 2014. 90 migrants claiming to be from Somalia were rescued by the AFM some 25 nautical miles off the Maltese islands when their boat ran into difficulties, according to army sources. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA)2014-05-20T10:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/05/13/asylum-seekers-malta-detention/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/19jul13_zl_4990-e1399973048641.jpgMigrants sit in their dormitory at the Safi barracks detention centre for immigrants which currently holds around 600 detainees in SafiImmigrants sit in their dormitory at the Safi barracks detention centre for immigrants that currently holds around 600 detainees in Safi, outside Valletta, July 19, 2013. Migrants who land in Malta face mandatory detention that can last for 18 months but figures show nearly half are allowed out sooner, following the granting of refugee status or humanitarian protection, according to official sources. Malta will be given concrete assistance by the European Commission to return failed asylum seekers to their country of origin, the government has announced. 2014-08-23T01:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/05/08/friends-reunited-in-detention-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10jul13_mg_1112.jpgA newly-arrived Somali would-be immigrant is greeted by an old friend at the Lyster barracks detention centre for immigrants in Hal FarA newly-arrived Somali migrant is greeted by an old friend at the Lyster barracks detention centre for immigrants in Hal Far, outside Valletta, July 10, 2013. The two women said they had been held in detention together in Libya for seven months. Migrants who land in Malta face mandatory detention that can last for 18 months but figures show nearly half are allowed out sooner, following the granting of refugee status or humanitarian protection, according to official sources.2014-05-13T12:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2013/05/30/boat-graveyard/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dzl-_jm96596a.jpgBoat graveyardBoats 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 LUPI2014-04-28T11:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/03/31/161-migrants-rescued-by-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_1120.png_MG_1120161 people were rescued by the Marshall Islands-registered tanker on January 11 after finding themselves in difficulty while on their way to reach European soil from Africa. Due to gale force winds, the ship had been unable to enter the harbour.2014-04-21T11:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/04/09/children-playing-at-peace-lab-in-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/25jun13_zl_9436.png25jun13_ZL_9436An African child talks with Maltese children during a musical integration party at the Peace Lab complex in Hal Far, outside Valletta, June 25, 2013. Run by Franciscan friars, the Peace Lab is home to around fifty adult migrants and their children, all of whom had been rescued by the Maltese Armed Forces while attempting to reach European soil from Africa. 2014-03-31T19:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/03/31/resident-at-marsa-open-centre-in-malta-makes-tea/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tea.jpgA resident at the Marsa Open Centre makes a cup of tea in his room April 21, 2006. 2014-06-17T06:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/03/20/somali-woman-in-maltavallettaafm/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_3804aaaa3.jpg_MG_3804AAAA3An AFM soldier gives directions to a Somali refugee woman in front of the Office of the Prime Minister at Castille Place in Valletta.https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_3804aaaa2.jpg_MG_3804AAAA2https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_3804aaaa.jpg_MG_3804AAAAAn AFM soldier gives directions to a Somali refugee woman in front of the Office of the Prime Minister at Castille Place in Valletta.2014-03-20T14:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/03/18/somaliasylum-seekermaltarescued/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_3804a.jpg_MG_3804AAn AFM soldier gives directions to a migrant in front of the Office of the Prime Minister at Castille Place in Valletta.https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mg_1120.jpg_MG_1120https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/c4w7100.jpgA resident at the Marsa Open Centre makes a cup of tea in his room April 21, 2006. https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/25jun13_zl_9436.jpgAn African immigrant child holding a toy rifle talks with Maltese children during a musical integration party at the Peace Lab complex in Hal Far, outside Vallettahttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/c4w5289.jpg_C4W5289A Somali man looks out of the window of a police bus after arriving in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk, in the southeast of Malta, May 26, 2007. Twenty-nine Somali asylum seekers were intercepted aboard a makeshift boat seven miles south-west of the Maltese islands on their way to reach European soil from Africa.2014-03-19T09:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/03/04/357/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/04032014.jpeg04032014A 29-year-old Eritrean migrant stands against a fence at the Safi barracks detention centre for immigrants in Safi, outside Valletta, October 22, 2013. 2014-03-04T12:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/02/18/child-malta-world-refugee-day/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dzl-_jm91934.jpgA child uses her soft toy to play with a Maltese woman during the World Refugee Day Festival at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta June 23, 2012. According to the majority of Maltese who responded to an EU-wide survey, immigrants do not offer any added value to the local economy or culture, local media reported. 2014-02-19T11:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/23/swimming-pretty-bay-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dzl-_jm92510.jpg2014-02-19T09:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/13/prayer-migrant-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/prayer_web_2.jpgA would-be immigrant prays while sitting on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol boat as it arrives at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour December 29, 2008. Some 140 African would-be immigrants, believed to be from Somalia, Ghana and Nigeria, were rescued by the AFM 87 nautical miles south-south-west of Malta when they found themselves in difficulty while on their way to reach European soil from Africa, authorities saidhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/14.jpgmigrants rescued by AFMhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/13.jpg13https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/12.jpghttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/11-24-8-08.jpg11 - 24.8.08https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/18.jpg260 migrants arrive in MarsaxlokkTimes of Maltahttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4pl.jpgAsylum seeker brought ashore at Anchor Bay TimesofMalta2014-02-19T08:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/16/waiting-rescued-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_c4w91711.jpgdzl-_C4W91712014-02-19T08:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/17/funeral-ashih-tekleab/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm94955.jpgdzl _JM94955https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm96743.jpgdzl-_JM967432014-02-19T07:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/17/departure-refugees-malta-relocation-france/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mg_1762a-1.jpgRefugees sleep on a plane heading to Paris from Malta July 5, 2010. A group of 93 African and Iraqi refugees were relocated to France on Monday as part of the intra-EU Relocation from Malta (EUREMA) pilot project, which aims to relocate refugees from Malta to other EU member states. .https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/departure_ebedit.jpgAfrican refugees sleep on a plane heading to Paris from Malta July 5, 2010. A group of 93 African and Iraqi refugees were relocated to France as part of the intra-EU Relocation from Malta (EUREMA) pilot project, which aims to relocate refugees from Malta to other EU member states. https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mg_1762a.jpgAfrican and Iraqi immigrants travel to Paris, Francehttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_c4w1039.jpgExhausted immigrants on police bus after landing on Malta.https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_mg_1613a-bus.jpgDZL _MG_1613A (BUS)https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mg_0862a.jpgMarsa Open Centre for immigrants Eid al-Fitr at end of Ramadan2014-02-19T07:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/17/helping-hand-somali-asylum-seeker-malta/2014-02-19T07:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/23/syrian-child-refugee-rescued-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/29oct13_zl_69381.jpg Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) sailors disembark a would-be immigrant child from an AFM offshore patrol vessel at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour October 29, 2013. 41 immigrants, claiming to be Syrians and Palestinians, were rescued from a boat in distress 89 nautical miles south of Malta in a joint operation between Maltese and Italian forces. https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/29oct13_zl_6938.jpgArmed Forces of Malta (AFM) sailors disembark a would-be immigrant child from an AFM offshore patrol vessel at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour2014-02-19T07:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/23/237/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm92298.jpgSomali womenhttps://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm924061.jpgYoung immigrant brought safely to shore by the AFM.2014-02-19T07:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/23/migrant-child-brought-safely-to-malta-by-the-afm/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm92406-1.jpgMigrant childYoung immigrant brought safely to shore by the AFM.https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dzl-_jm92406.jpgYoung immigrant brought safely to shore by the AFM.2014-02-19T07:52:02+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.com/2014/01/23/mohammeds-eyes-malta/https://islelanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rtx11iwh-1.jpgA would-be immigrant looks out of a window on a police bus after arriving at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta2014-02-19T07:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://islelanders.comdaily1.02017-08-27T11:04:13+00:00