Parliamentary question - E-003555/2020Parliamentary question
E-003555/2020

Floating illegal detention centres in Malta

Question for written answer E-003555/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Erik Marquardt (Verts/ALE)

After Malta closed its ports to people rescued at sea, more than 400 people fleeing war-torn Libya were detained aboard vessels chartered by the Government, just outside Maltese territorial waters. They had no access to asylum procedures and no contact with monitoring bodies, journalists or lawyers. They were not informed about how long and why they were being detained. As a result of political pressure, the Maltese government finally allowed the people to disembark after weeks aboard.

I appreciate that the Commission rejected Malta’s request to finance the floating detention centres, and offered support for the relocation of these people to other Member States. However, I would like to know:

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