In the Press: PM calls for detention policy to be reviewed

The Times of Malta

In response to questions during a 'Gvern li Jisma' session, PM Joseph Muscat said that the detention policy for illegal migrants had to be reviewed. The questions were posed in the wake of the publication of a report into the death of Malian migrant Mamadou Kamara at the hands of detention officers. 

In-Nazzjon

Minister Edward Scicluna has declined to respond to this newspaper's reports that he, as the sole shareholder of his consulting company, has not declared the company's accounts for several years.

L-Orizzont

Funding for SMEs is expected to be approved today by the European Commission. The funds will be taken from the Regional Development Fund and will see €60 million invested in local enterprises. 

The Malta Independent

PM Joseph Muscat said that the dismissal of former home affairs minister Manuel Mallia 'raised the bar' in local politics and broke with a tradition of parties saying one thing while in opposition and doing another when in government.