Malta Cancels Migrant Deportations to Libya
Thanks to intervention from the European Court of Human Rights
Malta has cancelled flights it had booked to return migrants to Libya, after an emergency intervention by the European Court of Human Rights.
The government had planned to send back people who had arrived by boat, but said it would abide by the ECHR order.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said more than 400 migrants had arrived in the past week.
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