Reuters July 10, 2013 - 07:46 VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta cancelled two flights to return migrants to Libya after the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim measure banning repatriation. The court's written decision was handed to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Tuesday evening as he addressed parliament about his concern over a growing migration crisis. He said more than 400 migrants, many from Somalia and Eritrea, had arrived on the island of 400,000 people in less than a week, with many having started their journey across the Mediterranean in Libya. Another three boats were being monitored, he said. The summer months usually see a steady stream of often rickety migrant...
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