3,600 irregular immigrants arrived in Malta

[Mazzola75]

Almost 3,600 irregular immigrants arrived in Malta between 2002 and 2004

by di-ve news

http://www.di-ve.com/image-jpeg.dyn?imageId=188850 VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news)--June 20, 2005 -- 1430CEST-- According to statistics issued the National Statistics Office, 3,576 irregular immigrants arrived in Malta between 2002 and 2004. Of these, 85 per cent were coming from Africa.

Figures issued on Monday, to mark the International Refugee Day, showed that 53 per cent of asylum applications were granted refugee or humanitarian protection status. Thus, Malta emerged as the country with the highest acceptance rate in Europe.

The year 2004 marked the largest number of applicants reaching the Office of the Refugee Commissioner, that is, 994 applications.

During the first five months of 2005, the office of the Refugee Commissioner have received 494 application and almost 70 per cent of them were granted refugee or humanitarian protection status.

Over a longer time span between January 2002 and May 2005 almost 90 per cent of the grants were given as humanitarian protection.

In 2004, 84 per cent of the NGOs workforce involved in providing aid to refugees consisted of volunteers, the majority of which were women.

The NGOs are working at a loss. In 2004, the expenditure exceeded income by 15 per cent.

http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=188848

[argo]

In 2004, 84 per cent of the NGOs workforce involved in providing aid to refugees consisted of volunteers, the majority of which were women.

Sometimes Norman has a point!! A case of a deer suckling a lion cub. When the lion cub becomes a lion it will eat the deer. Oh dear, how shortsighted some people can be.

[Mazzola75]

Sometimes Norman has a point!! A case of a deer suckling a lion cub. When the lion cub becomes a lion it will eat the deer. Oh dear, how shortsighted some people can be.

Perfect analogy!

[Artist]

Is this statistic correct?
I'dont believe them.

[Marco Polo]

put it this way if the statistic is correct then we have about 2016 living here as refugees or under humanitarian status (56% acceptance rate). that means that if they are collecting lm78 a week from the gov we are spending Lm157,248 a week on them. or Lm8,176,896 a year on direct handouts alone.

[PERICLES]

put it this way if the statistic is correct then we have about 2016 living here as refugees or under humanitarian status (56% acceptance rate). that means that if they are collecting lm78 a week from the gov we are spending Lm157,248 a week on them. or Lm8,176,896 a year on direct handouts alone.

We have 1,000 refugees because another 1,000 were then relocated to other countries. However thier stay here still costed us money. :mad:

[Marco Polo]

well still, 4 million is a lot higher than the 2 million quoted by the gov earlier. in fact we would have to add the 2 million odd quoted by the goverment as that is just money spent on illegal immigrants and not on refuggees or those given humanitarian status.

They play with figures as does every other nation. technically the gov is telling the truth.

[PERICLES]

well still, 4 million is a lot higher than the 2 million quoted by the gov earlier. in fact we would have to add the 2 million odd quoted by the goverment as that is just money spent on illegal immigrants and not on refuggees or those given humanitarian status.

They play with figures as does every other nation. technically the gov is telling the truth.

True. That's why we should ask them difficult questions such as:

"Can you tell me the TOTAL some of money which was spent on illegal immigrants & refugees in the last 3 YEARS, including social benefits, health and education benefits, human resources...etc???"

[Marco Polo]

they wont have the information at hand!!!

[Freedom]

that means that if they are collecting lm78 a week from the gov
Each refugee gets lm78 a week from govt??

[etoile noir]

Each refugee gets lm78 a week from govt??

good morning sunshine! he's waking up and smelling the coffee. hurrah :D

[Freedom]

Where's the source?

[Marco Polo]

as soon as i can re-clarify the source i will spread it around. it was on the ave forum, a parliamentary question.

[Admin]

Each refugee gets lm78 a week from govt??
Welcome to Malta.

[malsey]

the sum is something which we cannot know for sure. Well tony abela said 15% of the health expenditure and AFM goes for them.

As far as i know the budget for health is 90million which means 13.5million goes for them. So i thing that 16million would be a realistic expenditure.

so gonzo and dolor give a fuck of the protocol with italy for our roads, and sent refugees all back.