Members of the civil liberties committee in the European Parliament are to make proposals to amend an EU asylum law in a bid to relieve pressure on Malta, where they say refugee numbers are "overwhelming".
The MEPs will present this proposal after having visited detention centres on the island last week.
They were shocked by the conditions.
"I have never seen something comparable in my life" French socialist MEP Martine Roure told EUobserver. "The migrants are locked away ...
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