Byron Camilleri has ruled out building any new centres for migrants and asylum seekers despite a Council of Europe torture committee report that blasted the poor conditions of severely overcrowded detention centres. The home affairs minister insisted that there has been "enormous progress" and "substantial investment" in the centres that house people who arrive in Malta after being rescued at sea. Last week the Council of Europe committee, which visited various facilities in Malta last year, accused the government of "institutional mass neglect" and breaking international law. Its report following the September 2020 visit highlighted a chaotic situation and said the system was struggling to cope with an influx of refugees and migrants determined to reach Europe from Libya. Camilleri defended his ministry's efforts but said the number of arrivals in Malta throughout 2019 and 2020 had exceeded every other EU country per capita. “When we said that Malta is full-up, we weren’t lying,” he said. When asked whether the government plans on building a new detention centre facility to alleviate the pressure on the existing centres, the minister argued that the EU should intervene to...