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InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/03/12 The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has said that the conditions to which detained migrants are subjected on Malta could be considered as inhuman and degrading treatment. In a report published on Wednesday (March 10), the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) expressed worry about the treatment of migrants in Malta. They said that migrants faced poor conditions . which verged on institutional mass neglect by the authorities. They said that Malta needed to urgently improve its immigration system, to ensure that migrants are treated with dignity. ....
Human rights advocates call for improved treatment of detained migrants A report by the Council of Europe’s anti-torture Committee urges Malta to change its immigration detention approach 12 March 2021, 12:01pm by Laura Calleja The Malta Refugee Council has endorsed a report by the Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee calling for Malta to improve the treatment of detained migrants. “We welcome the report as a clear confirmation of the concerns repeatedly flagged by several of our members. In particular, we share the CPT’s findings that Malta’s detention regime verges on “institutional mass neglect by the authorities, with sub-standard living conditions exacerbating a disregard for international norms on the detention of persons,” the refugee council (MRC) said. ....
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