EUobserver.com: Malta raises alarm over illegal immigration

From a report by Mark Beunderman, posted September 2:

...Around 1,200 illegal immigrants, primarily from North African and sub-sahara African states, have landed in Malta since January.

This is already twice as much as during the whole of 2004, a Maltese spokesman told EUobserver.

"That means that for every two people born in Malta, there is one illegal immigrant", the spokesman said.

"If the trend continues at the current pace, this ratio will be three to two by the end of this year", he added.

The densely-populated mediterranean island says it faces considerable problems absorbing the migrants, particularly in terms of social conditions and security...

Yikes.

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