The main migration policy instruments in Malta:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Malta’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1971: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2003: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

•  Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); border management and irregular migration; asylum (reception and detention centres; asylum procedure).
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion: visa and consular affairs; diaspora affairs; foreign policy aspects of migration.
• Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties: social integration.
• Ministry for Education and Employment: labour migration.

Sources:

• Maltese National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2013): The Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Malta.
• https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/18._malta_factsheet_institutional_chart_en.pdf
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion (2018): Official Website (accessed 8.12.2018). https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Home.aspx
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018