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Evacuation operations from Libya are still ongoing (Photo: USEmbMalta)

EU ignores Malta on special status for refugees

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

Malta has asked to activate a "temporary protection" mechanism allowing refugees from Libya to be granted fast-track asylum procedures anywhere in the EU. But neither the European Commission nor other member states are willing to proceed for now.

"The Maltese government has requested yesterday [30 March] the activation of the temporary protection mechanism. It is now up to the EU commission to come up with a response," Maltese centre-right MEP Simon Bussutil told this website on Thursda...

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Evacuation operations from Libya are still ongoing (Photo: USEmbMalta)

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