Russians Jailed For Belarusian Trafficking Ring - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009
timesofmalta.com - Malta, Italy and Libya discuss immigration
June 10, 2009
MINSK -- A Moscow court has found three Russians guilty of human trafficking, illegal incarceration, and the organization of a prostitution ring in Moscow, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
The Meshchansky District Court in Moscow said that from 2003 to 2005 Viktor Sheremet, Kirill Golovin, and Artem Chukardin organized a chain of brothels in central Moscow where young women from Belarus were forced to work as prostitutes.
They were also found to have run an organized criminal group that operated in Moscow and the Belarusian city of Vitebsk.
The leader of the group, Sheremet, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Golovin and Chukardin were given 11 and 10 years, respectively.
Wednesday, 10th June 2009 - 12:26CETtimesofmalta.com - Right of refugees to bring relatives to Malta
Malta, Italy and Libya discuss immigration
The role which the EU has to assume with a view to addressing the problem of human trafficking holistically was discussed during a foreign ministers' meeting between Italy, Libya and Malta, the government said.
The meeting was held in Rome yesterday and grouped Foreign Minister Tonio Borg, Italian Minister Franco Frattini, and Libya's Minister Mussa Kussa.
The Foreign Ministry said they discussed the need to address the problem of migration at source at the countries of origi,n and Libya could provide useful assistance in this regard as it is the president of the African Union.
It was also agreed that meetings at the tripartite level should continue to take place in the future.
Wednesday, 10th June 2009 - 10:51CETtimesofmalta.com - Right of refugees to bring relatives to Malta
Right of refugees to bring relatives to Malta
Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bring their relatives to Malta, but such a right is enjoyed by those migrants who are granted refugee status, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said this morning.
He said when speaking in Parliament that this is in line with the 1951 Geneva Convention.
The minister was replying to a parliamentary question by Chris Cardona.
Wednesday, 10th June 2009 - 10:51CET
Right of refugees to bring relatives to Malta
Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bring their relatives to Malta, but such a right is enjoyed by those migrants who are granted refugee status, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said this morning.
He said when speaking in Parliament that this is in line with the 1951 Geneva Convention.
The minister was replying to a parliamentary question by Chris Cardona.
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