All babies who were on board the MV Lifeline which made port in Malta yesterday were accompanied by their parents or guardians, a government spokesman told The Malta Independent.
This contradicts to comments made by the Co-Founder of the NGO who runs the vessel.
Yesterday, the Co-Founder of Mission Lifeline, Axel Steier, said that a two-year-old child who was on the Lifeline vessel which docked in Senglea was unaccompanied.
The migrants were at sea for six days, as no country accepted them until PM Muscat led a diplomatic effort which resulted in an agreement involving Luxembourg, Italy, France, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Steier had told the press that there was a two-and-a-half year old child travelling alone, with no parents or companions on board.
This newsroom contacted the government this morning for an update on this child's situation, and what the next steps in this particular case would be. The spokesperson said however, that there were no unaccompanied babies on-board.
The government spokesperson also said that the Captain of the MV Lifeline was taken to the Police Headquarters last night to hand over some documentation, but was later released. The proper interview is taking place today, she said. In addition, the asylum seeker interviewing process is also underway.
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