Malta, Italy, And Mediterranean Migration: A Long History And An Ongoing Issue – Analysis

By Leslie Rogne Schumacher*

(FPRI) -- In July 2013, the Sunday Telegraph issued a report on the escalating refugee crisis in Malta. In the previous decade, Malta had seen thousands of Africans make their way to the tiny island nation, which lies just over a hundred miles from the Tunisian coast. The newspaper wanted to get...