Maltese interests should come before migrants - Delia

Maltese people’s interests needed to come first in issues concerning migration, Nationalist leader Adrian Delia said on Thursday, noting the country’s high population density as a concern. Addressing his second Independence Day mass meeting as party leader, he said: “Yes we want our economy to grow, and we need to look at our international obligations, but at the end of the day, Maltese people’s interests come first." “The Nationalist Party will never refrain from saving people, but we need to protect our territory and our Maltese identity,” De Delia said, maintaining his nationalistic rhetoric. “As a European frontier, we need to safeguard Maltese people’s interests first,” he added. He questioned the government for insisting that the country needed foreign workers for the economy to grow. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is making an open call for 70,000 people - no matter where they come from, he said, to jeers at the mention of Dr Muscat. He also reiterated his statement that “it is not safe to walk the streets under Labour”, to thunderous applause. The Nationalist Party leader also addressed the internal strife within the party, warning people not to listen to those that...