‘We Cannot Allow Foreign Criminals To Remain In Malta’ Glenn Bedingfield Says As Two Sent Back Home

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Home Affairs and Security Minister Glenn Bedingfield has announced that two foreign nationals with criminal records were returned to their respective countries between Monday and Tuesday.In a Facebook post, Bedingfield insisted that Malta cannot allow non-Maltese nationals with criminal records to remain in the country.“We cannot allow people who are not Maltese and have a criminal record to remain in Malta,” the minister wrote.According to Bedingfield, the police carried out the return of two individuals over the past two days.One was a woman who had served several criminal sentences, while the other was a man from a European country who was approaching the end of his sentence.The minister shared the information on social media, highlighting the police action as part of his message on foreign nationals with criminal records.However, Bedingfield did not specify the nationalities of the two individuals, the offences for which they had been convicted or the countries to which they were returned.He also did not provide further details about the legal procedures involved in their removal from Malta.The announcement comes as the minister sets out his position on how Malta should deal with foreign nationals who have criminal convictions.What do you make of Bedingfield’s comments?•