Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration, COVID-19
Malta – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the voluntary relocation of 270 people from Malta to other EU Member States this year. Almost a quarter of those relocated this year from Malta were women, and 28 were children under the age of 12. Despite the many challenges presented by the outbreak of COVID-19, including logistics and increased health concerns, we continue to see a steady number of relocations,” said Laurence Hart, Director of IOM’s Coordinating Office for the Mediterranean in Rome. “IOM is proud to support relocation, which is a humane, concrete demonstration of intra-European solidarity with Malta and other countries on the EU Mediterranean shore.”