Migration, enlargement, women high on EC agenda, but democracy is elephant in the room
In her annual State of the European Union (SOTEU)
Activists call for AG to dimiss ‘deeply unjust’ El Hiblu 3 prosecution
The Humanitarian activist organisation, El Hiblu 3 Freedom Commission
Over 300 dead in last 10 days as Malta continues its ‘non-response tactics’
More than 300 people have died in the central
Over 29,000 deaths during migration journeys to Europe since 2014 – IOM
There have been more than 3,400 deaths on migration
Humanitarian NGOs slam Malta over migrant push back to Egypt
Twenty-three people were sent to Egypt on the instructions
Blundering Byron
The day after Malta police went on a rampage,
Human rights lawyers flag bipartisan statements on deportations as attempts to ‘gain populist approval’
Human rights advocacy group aditus foundation was “taken aback”
El Hiblu 3: ‘It takes courage to stand up for human rights’
Yet another witness testifying in the three-year long case
Beyond the euphoria – Noel Grima
After the euphoria and the back-slapping, maybe it is
The big manifesto crunch: what are parties in opposition proposing?
In the interest of preserving The Shift’s role as
Disgraced former prisons director to receive €103,000 annual salary for new role
Retired Colonel Alex Dalli, forced out of his job
A Maltese Christmas carol
Last night, many of us celebrated Christmas Eve with
EU ‘complicit’ in secretive Libyan prison and shadow immigration systems
An investigation by The New Yorker has shone a light
Malta’s prison-to-prison pipeline: a community living in terror
One of the leaders of Malta’s community for Sudanese
Court’s ‘chief security officer’ harasses journalist, demands phone to delete photos
The Shift journalist Julian Delia was harassed outside the
UN: pushbacks violate human rights, are incompatible with state obligations
Migrant pushbacks result in human rights violations and are
‘Political will to enact change has never been more urgent’
More than 500 lives have been lost so far
Italy: Journalists’ phones wiretapped by prosecutors
A number of Italian journalists had their phones wiretapped
Migration, rule of law and equality among European Commission priorities
On 16 September, President of the European Commission Ursula
Malta risks losing €5 million EU funds for ‘unbuilt’ migrant centre, PM to detain migrants offshore
The government’s delay in building a €7 million migrant
Neville Gafa’ calls out Foreign Minister’s post on Libya
A post by Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo thanking
Prime Minister given evidence of inquiry 5 days before he was questioned
One of the things that emerge from scrutiny of
Chamber of Advocates slams Labour media for ‘attack’ directed at lawyer
The Chamber of Advocates has called out Labour Party
No clear answers on ‘offshore prisons’ amid concerns
International and local human rights NGOs are calling on
Relatives of asylum seekers who died at sea file judicial protest against Abela
The relatives of two asylum-seekers who died at sea
‘Maltese army endangered lives of asylum seekers’ – report
The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) endangered the lives
Quid pro quo
Robert Abela was consultant extraordinaire to former Prime Minister
The migration issue: the complexities left out of Bartolo’s pie charts
Days after the closure of Malta’s ports resulted in
Are sea rescue NGOs really a pull factor for migration?
Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo took to Facebook last

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