Malta has "no more space" to receive migrants, PM tells EU's Michel


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  • Thursday, 17 Sep 2020

VALLETTA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Malta is at its full capacity and cannot take in any more migrants, Prime Minister Robert Abela told Charles Michel, President of the European Council, during a meeting in Valletta on Wednesday.

"We are full to the brim. We have no more space to receive any more migrants on this island," Abela said, stressing that Malta was receiving very little help from other European Union (EU) member states in terms of relocation of migrants.

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