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Two migrants jailed after being caught travelling without documents
Two Nigerian migrants arrested in Switzerland without travel documents are jailed for three months, after pleading guilty to the charges
28 February 2014, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
1 min read
Two Nigerian men were today jailed after admitting to absconding from Malta and travelling without being in possession of valid travel documents.
Mohammed Ivacor, 19 born in Agimanena, and Henry Iyiegbu, 29 born in the Anambara State, were apprehended in Switzerland and investigations revealed that they had no travelling documents. The two were returned to Malta when the Swiss authorities were informed that the two Nigerian migrants had arrived in Malta in November 2013 and February 2012 respectively.
Questioned by the court Iyiegbu said he is not sure if his father is dead or alive, as he had lost contact with him after leaving his native land. While doing occasional petty jobs like painting and tiling, Iyiegbu considered himself unemployed. He claimed he could not recall the details of his residence in Msida. Answering the same questions, Ivacor said he is currently unemployed and lives at the Marsa Open Centre. Both pleaded guilty as charged.
Noting the accused’s guilty plea, Magistrate Doreen Clarke decreed that both are imprisoned for three months.
Inspector Edel Mary Camilleri prosecuted while legal-aid lawyer Martin Fenech appeared for the accused.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
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What kind of justice do you call this? When these illegal immigrants come to Malta, they have no documents whatsoever and yet we are not allowed to send them back to where they came from like what the Swiss government did with these two illegal immigrants. What is the EU trying to prove. Where is the UNHCR to protect these two illegal immigrants and why aren't they questioning why these two were sent back to Malta? If that is the case then when these illegal immigrants reach the shores of Malta without any documents whatsoever,Malta has the right to send these people back to where they came from, mostly to our goooooood friend and neighbors Libya. This proves that what I say is right. Both the EU and the UNHCR are looking out for the other EU States and the hell with Malta and the Maltese people. I dare you to prove me wrong and send back these two illegal immigrants back to Switzerland. One more thing. One judge gave the seven rioters from Hal Far a suspended sentence for braking the law and yet this Magistrate put these two illegal immigrants three months in prison? Talk about an incompetent and inconsistent court.
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Hope that the will not try to deport them to Malta after serving their prison sentence. They may have absconded from Timbuktu
