On the eve of the Malta Summit on Immigration, Dr Alfred Sant, the Head of the Maltese Labour Delegation at the European Parliament said that no country or continent can tackle the challenges of migration alone.
Dr. Sant said that a European solution for the migration crisis focused only on building walls or forced deportations is not the answer. "We need to create a strategic partnership between our two continents that allows us to better fight human traffickers, create routes for safe, legal migration and also address the primary causes of the refugee crisis – poverty and conflict."
"It is symbolic that this week's summit is being held in Malta, which has been for centuries the gateway between Europe and Africa. This position has been clear in the last few years with a surge in the number of refugees arriving from the North African coast on their way to mainland Europe," said Dr. Sant.