10/12/2025 — 10/03/2026

  • In late December 2025, 61 migrants were rescued after their boat capsized off Malta. 44 of them were repatriated two weeks later, in an operation described by Home Affairs minister Byron Camilleri as a “strong message to human traffickers.”  
  • Human rights lawyers are facing increasing difficulty communicating with migrants in Malta’s detention centers. Communal phones, the only means for detainees to contact family or lawyers after confiscation of personal devices, are often switched off for days or weeks.