Abortion remained illegal in most circumstances. Concerns persisted about Malta’s failures to respond to distress calls from refugees and migrants in peril at sea. The authorities continued to misuse migration detention. The UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern about restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly in the decades-old legislation.
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