Amnesty International scorns Malta's asylum policy [MaltaMedia.com]

Amnesty International scorns Malta's asylum policy [MaltaMedia.com]: "Amnesty International scorns Malta's asylum policy
By MaltaMedia News
May 28, 2004, 06:56 CET

The Amnesty International (AI) Report 2004 stated that the automatic and excessively lengthy detention of asylum-seekers in Malta was critisised by national and international bodies. It also said that the conditions of detention in facilities in Malta holding asylum-seekers and migrants fell short of international standards. AI claimed that new information emerged reinforcing concern that a number of individuals among a group of some 220 Eritreans deported from Malta to Eritrea in 2002 were detained and tortured on return on which an inquiry is being run presently in Malta. "