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Maltese lawyer receives Nansen Refugee Award in Geneva ceremony
1 Oct 2007 The prestigious Nansen Refugee Award was presented to lawyer Katrine Camilleri on Monday for her work in helping refugees arriving in Malta and for her refusal to be cowed by threats from those opposed to her work. -
Q&A: Maltese lawyer stands up for boatpeople
21 Sep 2007 Lawyer Katrine Camilleri was named earlier this week as winner of the 2007 Nansen Refugee Award for her courageous work defending the rights of refugees and migrants in Malta. She first became interested in the plight of refugees in the mid-1990s, before joining the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) and eventually working full-time on the issue. She discusses her work. -
Nansen Refugee Award goes to advocate for boat people in Malta
18 Sep 2007 Maltese lawyer Katrine Camilleri has won a prestigious UNHCR prize for her dedication to helping refugee boat people and her determination to continue in the face of threats that included an arson attack on her car and home. -
UNHCR welcomes positive outcome for 51 boat people off Malta
21 Jul 2006 UNHCR has welcomed the Spanish government's role in finding a solution for a group of people stuck off the coast of Malta since being rescued by a Spanish fishing trawler. -
UNHCR says Maltese troops seemed to use excessive force to quell peaceful demo by detained asylum seekers
19 Jan 2005 The U.N. refugee agency says soldiers on Malta appear to have used excessive force in breaking up a peaceful demonstration by detained asylum seekers. The agency is also concerned about Malta's practice of detaining asylum seekers, and the "extremely poor" conditions at the overcrowded detention centre in a military compound.