Police continue raids to control irregular immigration
The police, with the help of the Detention Services, continued their work with raids linked to irregular immigration, said the Ministry for the Interior, Security, Reforms and Equality in a statement.
The work continued early on Saturday morning after several inspections were being carried out both in Malta and in Gozo in recent weeks.
The inspections were carried out in Bugibba and San Pawl il-Baħar where the police spoke to several people of different nationalities. The inspections were carried out in the streets, in bus stops as well as in residences where persons of foreign nationality were living, it is said in the statement.
The police checked in their searches if the individuals had valid documents to live in the country.
The police arrested people who were living in Malta without the necessary documentation, those with expired or irregular documentation. The process to remove these people from the country will begin immediately.
These operations are often part of a series of initiatives designed to fight against irregular immigration as part of a strategy built on prevention, return and relocation, the statement reads.
The statement said that initiatives like this send a clear message that one must observe the laws of the country, including in the way one should enter it.