The government's vision is to see Malta become a cosmopolitan country where the Maltese have the best standard of living ever while the country also offers life, jobs and hope for people from other countries, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning. This, he said, was nothing new and was also Dom Mintoff's vision as long ago as the 1950s. Speaking in a Labour Party activity in St Paul's Bay, Dr Muscat said economic growth needed manpower, but the Maltese were not interested in taking up some jobs, such as in the construction industry. Malta was also reliant on foreigners in other sectors, such as in the e-gaming industry, which in turn created more jobs for the Maltese. Referring to migration from Africa, he said Malta needed to continue to show humanity and realism in tackling migration. It could not let anyone drown but that did not mean that nothing could be done to tackle this form of migration. Understanding needed to be shown and answers needed to be given to the communities who felt threatened by foreigners. "When parties and politicians like us do not talk of what is impacting the young family in Qawra or the elderly woman living in Marsa then that is a...
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