Malta

Enforcement on e-scooters has ramped up since the start of the year, with Transport Malta confiscating 137 of these vehicles from the streets.

“The Authority is committed to being more vigilant in enforcement by strengthening its presence on our roads. The 137 vehicles were confiscated for various reasons, including having an expired license or a license not attached to the vehicle, a failure to register the vehicle with Transport Malta and lacking a valid insurance policy. E-Scooter Clampdown Underway: 137 Vehicles Confiscated By Transport Malta Since Start Of Year

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Malta not to forcibly remove two Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity, detained at Safi Barracks on ...

China strongly refutes all those claims, saying camps are essentially "schools" and that accusations made by the west are a colonial fabrication. The couple, who are Muslim, came to Malta in 2016. The order means that Malta cannot legally deport the couple until proceedings before the ECHR regarding their case have been wrapped up. When their request for asylum was refused, they lived in Malta illegally for a number of years, it said, adding that it will be replying to each of the "incorrect allegations" made by the couple's lawyers. Malta argued that the couple had “failed to produce further evidence to substantiate the principle of non-refoulment”. They raised a claim based on the principle of non-refoulment - the principle in international law stating that a country cannot return asylum seekers to a country where they would likely face persecution - but this claim was rejected on January 12.

European Court of Human Rights orders Malta not to deport two Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity.

The applicants are married Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity and Muslim faith, who came to Malta in 2016. They were detained at Safi Barracks, where their mobile phones were confiscated, rendering them unable to call their lawyers had the removal been carried through. “This order from the European Court of Human Rights is yet another condemnation of Malta’s asylum procedure.

China is often accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur population and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the ...

“After their request for asylum was not accepted, they spent a number of years living in Malta illegally. In the meantime, aditus foundation will continue our hard work to ensure that asylum-seekers are able to effectively present their claims and that refugees enjoy the protection they are entitled to.” In Safi Barracks, their mobile phones were confiscated, meaning they would have been unable to call us should the removal have been carried through.” They detained them at Safi Barracks, where our lawyers met with them to discuss the next steps. It keeps on failing those who need in most: persons fleeing persecution and atrocious human rights violations.” We filed the application together with the NGO

The aditus foundation, which is representing the couple, filed an application along with NGO Safeguard Defenders (Spain) last Friday following their detention ...

“They detained them at Safi Barracks, where our lawyers met with them to discuss the next steps,” aditus said in a statement. Following the rejection of their application for International Protection in 2017, aditus explained how they spent years living in hiding in Malta and were issued with a return decision and removal order on 1 August 2022. Th ECHR order, according to aditus, “is yet another condemnation of Malta’s asylum procedure.