Malta offers immigrants money to leave - 01 Nov 08

Illegal immigrants arriving in Malta are now being offered cash incentives to voluntarily return home. The joint initiative with the EU aims to help the small Mediterranean island cope with record numbers of illegal African immigrants. From Valletta in Malta, Al Jazeera's Karl Stagno-Navarra reports.

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[mindziukas18]

They need a bullet in a head, not money

[perfectpredator11]

they've brought unknown diseases to the maltese , infected us with their crap , crippled our economy , stepped over our bounderies and after we shelter them they still retaliate against us

[ilovenick1234567890]

malta needs to kick them out. truth is, the more migrants from africa, means less adult tourists, and less of the booming teenager/student industry. Do people really think parents would send their children to a place swarming with african immigrants. i think not

[milesjordan239]

@mindziukas18 harsh lol

[kyle887923]

People are so stupid...they just think country should let any illegal immigrant in. They come with diseases and with post dramatic stress, both which require medical treatment at a large price. Then they require citizen classes, literacy classes and then welfare and government grants to help them resettle. Then they dont assimilate, they bring with them their culture and their religion, changing the face of a counry's national identity.

But yeah, lets just BRING THEM ALL IN.

[sitdownstandup91]

GIVE THEM MONEY?! What have they done to deserve it? How do they expect anything from Malta, seriously. If i go to Malta will they give me money?

[Vengrence]

@dogup7 If you say so.

But is catering to that 1% of decent fellows, worth the pain of dealing with the other 99%?

[dogup7]

@Vengrence yes that is exactly the bad mentality we have in malta, not all of them are bad people and you can't classify all of them under the same bad list

[Vengrence]

@dogup7 If you give them a finger, they'll rip your whole arm off. That's how it is with Africans.

[dogup7]

I am a Maltese citizen and i am not racist. The problem is that these people come to Malta without pass ports and there is no other choose but to lock them up because you don't know who is a criminal and how is a good person looking for a better future. This video makes Malta look bad, when these people are stranded in Malta we give the shelter, protection, food and if needed even medical treatment. We have no choice but to try and control the situation.

[ClaytC]

They just don't deserve all this shit. We should just release them and they have to see where to sleep, eat and live. The somali men only are the ones who complain. The iritrains come here to live a better live and they work hard and if you give them 3 euros an hour they say it's alot. Anyways this interview is to try and make malta look bad.

[ClaytC]

after working 3 months at htv I can surely say that these people don't deserve better, they come here illegally, we do the favor of taking them in. They do detention and if they behave they go out in less then a month. They get food, money, a place to stay, free electricity and free water. Many people give them clothes, many organizations give them free stuff. But guess what, they go outside and complain.