A protest this Sunday by a number of activist groups will be calling for stability and an end to uncertainty for long-term migrants living and working in Malta.
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The demonstration comes as Kusi Dismark faces deportation after 13 years of living and setting up a business inMalta.
The activists, which include Moviment Graffitti, Dance Beyond Borders, SOS Malta, aditus foundation and others, are calling for the release of Dismark and other individuals who, like Kusi, ‘have been living in Malta for over 5 years and more and have also been recently detained with a view to deportation.
In a statement, the migrants outlined how they ‘worked for years, side-by-side with our Maltese colleagues, made friends, set up family and had children in Malta. We are part of Malta’s economic success, we have filled labour gaps, and we have contributed to a welfare system that we can never be beneficiaries of.’
‘Our children know no other country, no other society but the Maltese one. They are, in fact, though not in law, Maltese.’
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola too posted in favour of Kusi, saying that ‘deporting him now, just to make a political point, would be a failure of Malta’s laws, a failure of leadership and of our humanity’.
Kusi Dismark has spent 13 years in Malta. He works, he’s integrated, he has friends & studied here. He proudly calls Malta his home. His life is here.
Deporting him now, just to make a political point, would be a failure of Malta’s laws, a failure of leadership & of our humanity pic.twitter.com/eg3nNwlKPk
— Roberta Metsola (@RobertaMetsola) February 23, 2024
The protesters will meet on Sunday 25th February at 15:00 at Ħamrun Square and will be walking to Valletta to present demands to parliament, inviting members of the migrant community, employers, friends and others who support the cause to join.
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