Maltese migrants in Tripoli had been long established since the 1800s. The Maltese migrants would be monitored by Italian police, occasionally jailed, and even excluded from social functions. “Carlo Mallia introduced himself as ‘the representative of the Maltese Fascist Party’… the visit went for several days... “However, the majority of the community mistrusted their interest in us… our clear refusal left the representatives of the Maltese fascist party perplexed. Xuereb has collected dozens of interviews with survivors of the camps and relatives of the Maltese migrants who were interned in these concentration camps.

Source: Libya Today September 09, 2018 20:48 UTC