Factsheet for measure
MT-2022-10/2750
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Updated
– measures in Malta
Ukraine Community Crisis Centre Malta
Background information
Set up with the support of the honorary consulate for Ukraine in Malta, a Community Crisis Centre was established to coordinate the collection and distribution of supplies for individuals impacted by the war in the Ukraine. The Centre also provides assistance and resources to individuals in Malta who were displaced form the Ukraine.
Content of measure
By means of a team of volunteers, the Community Crisis Centre began operations in March, offering a 24-hour support line for individuals in Malta who were displaced by the war in the Ukraine.
The Centre has several other responsibilities, which include: Providing arrival information to individuals, such as boarder crossing and quarantine rules, as well as assistance upon arrival at the Malta International Airport; information about temporary accommodation during COVID-19 quarantine, provision of assistance during quarantine (e.g. support with food, clothing and medicine), and the steps to be taken following quarantine; requesting and collecting humanitarian aid, and providing information on how such humanitarian aid can be collected from their warehouse; directing individuals to other support services, including to those related to housing, including a third-party
platform that aids to locate temporary housing
, as well as Government (Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, AWAS) and church (Proġett KENN) housing services for migrants, and a platform for those who need psychological help (Kellimni.com - offered by SOS Malta, an NGO).
On the 19 May 2022, the Centre stopped offering a warehouse service and thus stopped requesting bulk donations of items to send to the Ukraine, instead focusing on aiding refugees from the Ukraine by means of their call centre. Donations were instead directed to local donation centres.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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01 September 2024
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An Asylum Europe (2024) report highlights that the Centre mainly focused on providing information and practical assistance to newly-arrived applicants. The report however notes that the Centre was 'less active in 2023'. Indeed, whilst the social media accounts of the organisation were active in 2022, no updates were published during 2023 or 2024. No other activities or functions carried out by this organisation were identified via other channels during these years, either.
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Use of measure
No statistics are available.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Does not apply to businesses
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Migrants or refugees
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)
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Other
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
Social partners do not appear to have been involved in the designing, implementing and monitoring of this measure. Rather this measure was undertaken by a team of volunteers with the backing of the Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Malta.
Views and reactions
An outpouring of support for the measure was evident by the number of organisations that donated items, provided services, and organised fundraisers in order to collect items needed for Ukrainians in Malta, as well as to send provision to the Ukraine. The Centre also received political support by means of visits by the wife of the President of Malta, Mrs. Miriam Vella, as well as by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU Affairs & Trade, Dr Ian Borg.
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