Data tabled in parliament on Monday showed that 832 irregular migrants arrived by boat in Malta in 2021. The information was tabled in the House by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri in a reply to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Rebekah Cilia. 1,971 migrants died or disappeared in the Mediterranean in 2021, and at least 23,000 over the past decade, data by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees showed earlier this year. Earlier this month, a boatload of 450 migrants at sea who were refused a rescue coordination by Malta, landed in Italy, in the port of Pozzalo. According to Alarmphone, in the case of a boat of 26 people, the AFM was actively encouraging merchant vessels not to respond to the distress signals of the people on board.

Source: Libya Today May 30, 2022 18:45 UTC