Directives issued to emergency ambulance workers by the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin (UĦM) are “illegal” and have badly affected the provision of emerge
A meeting will be held on Thursday to find ways to stop foreign nurses leaving Malta for the UK, where conditions are more family friendly and employment more l
Updated 9.30am with Identity Malta s reaction
Maxson Jose Joseph will celebrate his first birthday next week but he never met his three-year-old sister Miya. Their parents, Indian nurses working in Malta, could not travel to India to bring her home due to delays in issuing the necessary documentation.
The couple, Jose Joseph and his wife Jossy, had to reluctantly take Miya to live with her grandparents in India until Maxson was born due to difficulties during the pregnancy. But delays by Identity Malta in issuing residence permits meant they could not go for their daughter after the birth, as planned.
The nurses union has appealed to the government to remedy long-standing issues which are contributing to the exodus of medical staff. It is also calling for a meeting with the prime minister to prevent a major crisis in the healthcare sector.
Times of Malta reported earlier this month that Malta is facing an exodus of foreign nurses who are being poached by the UK as part of its efforts to control its spiralling COVID-19 situation. Sources close to the profession said around 140 nurses have either already resigned or are in the process of submitting their resignations as they are lured away from Malta with more favourable working conditions and a better remuneration package.
InfoMigrants By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2021/02/01
A spokesperson for the interior ministry in Malta denies that it has received reports of physical abuse of migrants in detention centers, according to a local activist. Meanwhile a row has erupted over claims that migrants have been attempting suicide in order to draw attention to themselves.
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) based in Valletta, Malta, has received reports of physical torture from migrants detained in the country, a blogger and activist Manual Delia has claimed. EASO says it has discussed the reports with Maltese authorities, but in an article published in the