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Time for action! Joint NGO letter urging free PrEP distribution

We joined our colleagues in the LGBTIQ+ sector to issue the below letter. We are urging Malta to live up to its promise: free PrEP distribution!

The letter tells Malta that the time for words has long passed. It is now time for action!

We’ve sent a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament: where is solidarity in the new Pact on Asylum and Migration?

Together with friends all over the EU, we’ve sent a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament. Our letter flags our worries in relation to on-going discussions on the new Pact on Asylum and Migration. In particular, we question the positioning of solidarity, as a key value all Member States should be working on.

Joint letter to the OPM on the situation in Gaza

We joined over 350 persons and signed this letter to Malta’s PM. We are urging Malta to take more concrete action on the situation in Gaza.

This is the full list of signatories. If you would like to sign up, you can do so here.

When migrants and refugees speak for themselves…

…their narratives are more authentic and hard-hitting! We are super happy to share a Shadow Report on integration issues, research and produced by a group of migrants and refugees in Malta.

Produced in the context of our 2incING project, the report is the first-ever technical submission giving a direct and unfiltered voice to migrants and refugees. This is what happens when migrants and refugees speak for themselves!

The Shadow Report, available in English and in Maltese, looks at several aspects of life in Malta. It provides a general overview of migration in Malta and then dives into specific themes: documentation, employment, citizenship, marriage, housing, asylum, and statelessness.

An interesting blend of human stories and technical observations, the Shadow Report marks a significant turning point for our own work with migrants and refugees.

Malta’s detention regime blasted by the European Court of Human Rights!

Malta must take concrete steps to bring its detention regime in line with human rights standards. The European Court of Human Rights has said this in no unclear teams in a judgement we are celebrating as a victory for human rights in Malta!

Today, the Court delivered judgement in A.D. v. Malta. Together with JRS Malta, we had brought this case in March 2022 whilst AD was in detention and in collaboration with Advancing Child Right Strategic Litigation, ACRiSL.

The Court found a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment), Article 5 (right to liberty) and Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3 (right to an effective remedy).