Tripoli government will ’not accept‘ EU bombing of trafficking site
The Times of Malta
The Libyan Salvation Government’s foreign minister Muhammed El-ghirani said that cooperation would be needed to stop trafficking from Libya’s coast and that Tripoli would not accept bombing of sites presumed to be connected to traffickers.
In-Nazzjon
This newspaper reports how, according to sources, flights for the Maltese Olympic commitee had, over the past two years, been purchased via direct order from the Hamilton Travel agency. This process bypasses the accepted protocol of acquiring quotations from different companies for the best price.
L-Orizzont
Home affairs minister Carmelo Abela said that once it was accepted that each EU member state was to contribute to the resolution of the migration issue, then burden-sharing should not be voluntary, in any capacity.
The Malta Independent
Foreign affairs minister George Vella expressed disappointment at the 10-point plan discussed in a recent meeting of EU foreign and home affairs ministers. Vella said that while resettlement projects and strengthening Frontex were valid topics, they did not prevent the growing tragedy of migrant deaths at sea.