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  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1561.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1339.jpg
  • Marsa, Malta - 17 August, 2012: Sub-saharan migrants play pool in one of the recreation rooms of the Marsa Open Centre, in Marsa, Malta,  on 17 August, 2012.<br />
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The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, most of which are from Somalia. The centre's popoulation is composed of immigrants who received subsidary protection, asylum seekers (immigrants who applied and wait for their case to be handled), and rejected asylum seekers.<br />
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The Open Centres in Malta serve as a temporary accomodation facility, but they ended becoming permanent accomodation centres.  All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for their first interview with the Refugee Commissioner. Asylum seekers may be detained for up to 12 months: at this point, if their claim is still pending, they are released and transferred to an Open Center. The migrants who do not receive neither refugee status of subsidiary protection are considered illegal, though living in the open centers. They end up living in Malta for months or years, while some go aboad illegally.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20120817_NYT_Malta__MG_5653.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1594.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1473.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1359.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A rescue simulation of man overboard is undertaken by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta with a patrolboat and rigid inflatable boat near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1349.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22: A boat used by immigrants to cross the sea from Libya to Malta is now in the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1326.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  A mamber of the Maltese patrolboat waits for the rescue simulation of man overboard to be done by the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1318.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  Vessels navigating in the Mediterrean Sea and  Maltese  SAR (Search and Rescue)waters (purple trapezoid) are shown on the monitor of the Vessel Traffic Management Information System on a patrolboat during a rescue simulation of man overboard  near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1601.jpg
  • ATTENTION: THIS IS A RESCUE SIMULATION THE MALTESE FORCES ORGANIZED FOR MY NYT SHOOT - NOT REAL. VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 22:  Vessels navigating in the Mediterrean Sea and  Maltese  SAR (Search and Rescue)waters (purple trapezoid) are shown on the monitor of the Vessel Traffic Management Information System on a patrolboat during a rescue simulation of man overboard  near the military port of Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta, Malta on June 22, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
    CIPG_20110622_NYT_MALTA__MG_1614.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from a rooftop overlooing the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_0...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from Victoria Gate in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Fort St Angelo, the former seat of the Grand Master of Malta until the Siege of Malta of 1565 and military base of the British Royal Navy until 1979, is seen from a dock  the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. Fallen into a state of despair after the Royal Navy left Malta in 1979, Fort St Angelo is now under restoration until 2015.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: The floor of the interior of St John's Co-Cathedral is entirely made  gravestones of the Knights of Malta, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A George III cannon in Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The eight-pointed Maltese Cross belonging to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in his studio at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The eight-pointed Maltese Cross belonging to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in his studio at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Fatima Aden, 26, is an immigrant from Somala who lives in a container with 13 other single women at the Tent Village, an open centre in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Fatima Aden arrived in Malta on March 28th after fleeing the unrest in Libya. She left from the port of Az Zawiyah, 50 miles from tripoli. There were two boats, and 180 peple were on hers. It took them 33 hours to reach Malta. Fatima lived in Libya for one year and 9 months and worked as a chemist for 500 dinars, which were enough for her. She didn't want to leave but she was forced to. She wasn't threatened and didn't have to pay for the boats. The boats were given to the people by government officials. She's been in Malta now for 3 months and obtained subsidiary protection. She left Somali in 2006 when she was 21 and went first to Nairobi, Kenya, then South Africa. She has 2 sons living with her mother in Uganda. She's not married. Fatima lives in a container in the Hal Far Tent Village with 13 other single women: 2 Ethiopians, 2 Eritreans, 1 Nigerian, 9 Somalis. The majority of migrants living in the tent village is from Somalia. No lights, though they have electricity for a mini fridge. Fatima has a sister in Sweden. <br />
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The Open Centres in Malta serve as a temporary accomodation facility, but they ended becoming permanent accomodation centres, except for those immigrants who receive subsidiary protection or refugee status and that are sent to countries such as the United States, Germany, Poland, and others. All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for
    CIPG_20110621_NYT_MALTA__MG_0722.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Visitors listen to an audio guide at St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A visitor admire looks at the ceiling of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Interior of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131104_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_9...jpg
  • VUTTORIOSA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A thematic display of the passion and resurrection of Christ at the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
The Inquisitor's Palace was the residence of the inquisitors, whose task was to act as a watchdog against all kinds of heretical beliefs and practices, targeting the threat of Protestantism, blasphemy, apostasy to Islam during slavery, bigamy and magic.<br />
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The Holy Roman Inquisition was officially set up in Malta in 1574<br />
Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A guard is here at the Grandmaster's Palace, home to the Office of the President of Malta and to the House of Representatives, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Palace was one of the first buildings in Valletta, erected in 1571.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131103_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_8...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), is here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_7...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), consults an 18th century letter catalog of his ancestor Giovanni Pio, in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_6...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A Knights' cloak beloning to Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), hangs on closet in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
    CIPG_20131102_NYT_Malta-Travel__M3_6...jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: The exterior, in sharp contrast with the interior, of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. St. John's Cathedral, built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578, is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe and one of the world's great cathedrals.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 19: (L-R) EASO (European Asylum Support Office) Management Board Chairperson Stéphane Fratacci,  EASO Executive Director Robert Visser, Malta Home Affairs Minister Carm Misfud Bonnici, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom and Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi attend the inauguration of EASO at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta, on June 19, 2011. EASO, the European Asylum Support Office, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the Upper Barrakka Gardens,Valletta.<br />
The EASO is a regulatory agency set up to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, develop practical cooperation among member states on asylum, and support member states experiencing particular pressure on their asylum systems. Malta lobbied hard to make it the first EU agency based on its shores.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 19:  (L-R) Malta Home Affairs Minister Carm Misfud Bonnici, Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, EASO Executive Director Robert Visser and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom look at the EASO logo as it is unveiled at the EASO (European Asylum Support Office) inauguration at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta, on June 19, 2011. EASO, the European Asylum Support Office, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the Upper Barrakka Gardens,Valletta.<br />
The EASO is a regulatory agency set up to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, develop practical cooperation among member states on asylum, and support member states experiencing particular pressure on their asylum systems. Malta lobbied hard to make it the first EU agency based on its shores.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 19:  (L-R) Malta Home Affairs Minister Carm Misfud Bonnici, Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, EASO Executive Director Robert Visser and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom look at the EASO logo as it is unveiled at the EASO (European Asylum Support Office) inauguration at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta, on June 19, 2011. EASO, the European Asylum Support Office, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the Upper Barrakka Gardens,Valletta.<br />
The EASO is a regulatory agency set up to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, develop practical cooperation among member states on asylum, and support member states experiencing particular pressure on their asylum systems. Malta lobbied hard to make it the first EU agency based on its shores.
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  • 27 February 2011. Medina, Malta. A man looks at the panorama from a viewing terrace in Medina, Malta. Medina, the former capital of Malta, is a medieval town located in the centre of the island, 8 miles south of Valletta, the current capital.<br />
 Malta was under the British empire until 1964, year in which the island achieved its independece. There are approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta. The drivers themselves own most of the buses, but operate to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.<br />
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  • 27 February 2011. Medina, Malta. A woman walks by a British-style red telephone box in Medina, Malta. Malta was under the British empire until 1964, year in which the island achieved its independece. Medina, the former capital of Malta, is a medieval town located in the centre of the island, 8 miles south of Valletta, the current capital.<br />
There are approximately 500 buses in public transit service in Malta. The drivers themselves own most of the buses, but operate to a unified timetable set by the transport authority.<br />
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©2011 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Documents wait to be analyzed at the Notarial Archies in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: British Royal Navy Ships are painted on a wall by the Grand Harbour under Mediterranean Street in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Valletta seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Valletta seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man walks up on a pickup to tow a horse cart, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A couple hugs each other in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A girl looks out of a window of the Auberge de Castille, which houses the office of the Prime Minister of Malta, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A boy rides a cannon in front of the Auberge de Castille, which houses the office of the Prime Minister of Malta, while being watched by a girl from a window, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Two women walk towards the lift that will take down from the Upper Barrakka Gadens to the waterfront, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly Maltese couple walk in the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A view of the Grand Harbour and Fort St Angelo from the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Tourists and Maltese are here at the Upper Barrakka Gadens, a public garden in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VUTTORIOSA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The courtroom of the Inquisitor's Palace in Vittoriosa, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
The Inquisitor's Palace was the residence of the inquisitors, whose task was to act as a watchdog against all kinds of heretical beliefs and practices, targeting the threat of Protestantism, blasphemy, apostasy to Islam during slavery, bigamy and magic.<br />
The Holy Roman Inquisition was officially set up in Malta in 1574.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman washes part of the St Lucia-s street in front of her door in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Graves at the Msida Garden of Rest in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Garden was the main protestant cemetery or burial place in Malta from about 1806. The Garden of Rest lies in the Msida Bastion, which is so called because it overlooks Msida across the Harbour.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman stands in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Guards are here at the Grandmaster's Palace, home to the Office of the President of Malta and to the House of Representatives, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The Palace was one of the first buildings in Valletta, erected in 1571.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The quarry wharf, the Grand Harbour and the Upper Barrakka Gardens (top right) are seen from a rooftop in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Warehouses in Liesse street, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman walks up Liesse street towards Victoria Gate in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: An elderly man fishes in the Gran Harbour from the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The quarry wharf, the Upper Barrakka Gardens and buildings of Valletta as seen from the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The merchant flag of Malta, with a white eight-pointed Maltese Cross, is here on a water taxi entering the Grand Harbour from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The northeastern coast of the peninsula of Valletta, as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: The northeastern coast of the peninsula of Valletta, as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A man at the quarry wharf is about to start fisihing, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A car parked by the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A waiter of Palazzo Preca restaurant wait for a dish in the kitchen of the restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Ramona Preca, chef and owner of Palazzo Precain restaurant, is here in the kitchen, in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Customers have dinner at Palazzo Preca resturant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A mushroom vol-au-vent is being prepared in the kitchen of Palazzo Preca, restaurant in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Maltese men sit on the doors steps of St Barbara's church in Republic street in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: An elderly woman attends mass at St Francis Church in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), walks up the staircase of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A statue named Effervescentia is here in the garden of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), checks his watch here in the Green Room of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: A portrait of Giuseppe de Piro Gourgion, 6th Baron of Budach, is here at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: An orange tree in the garden of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family, is seen from a window of the summer dining room,  in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 2 November 2013: Marquis Nicholas de Piro (72), a Knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (also known as Knights of Malta), walks in the Archives of Casa Rocca Piccola, a 16th-century palace and home of the noble de Piro family in Valletta, Malta, on November 2nd 2013. <br />
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Casa Rocca Piccola was one of two houses built in Valletta by Admiral Don Pietro la Rocca. It is referenced in maps of the time as "la casa con giardino" meaning, the house with the garden, as normally houses in Valletta were not allowed gardens.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • MSIDA, MALTA - 7 DECEMBER 2015: Chef Aaron Degabriele does a  presentation on Mazzit, a typical Maltese blood sausage, at the University of Malta in, Msida, Malta, on December 7th 2015. Aaron Degabriele is among a group of nine candidates studying for a Master Chef Diploma introduced this year by the University of Malta to promote healthier cuisine. Malta has the highest overweight and obesity rates in the European Union, according to a report from the World Health Organisation.
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Immigrants stay outside the containers they live in at the  Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which includes Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space, and external containers. The conditions are very poor and the has inflamable oil on the floor.<br />
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The Open Centres in Malta serve as a temporary accomodation facility, but they ended becoming permanent accomodation centres, except for those immigrants who receive subsidiary protection or refugee status and that are sent to countries such as the United States, Germany, Poland, and others. All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for their first interview with the Refugee Commissioner. Asylum seekers may be detained for up to 12 months: at this point, if their claim is still pending, they are released and transferred to an Open Center.<br />
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Dawit (right), a 35 years immigrant old from Ethiopia, and Michael (center), a 25 years old immigrant from Eritrea, are here by the Swiss Red Cross tents inside the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. <br />
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Dawit was a language teacher in Tripoli and lived well, with no problems until the crisis started. He arrived in Malta on March 29th on a boat with 80 people after crossing the sea for 34 hours. "Once the UN resolution against Libya was signed there were State TV announcements (also in English) that announced that migrants were free to leave the country. It wasn't possible before that date because of the agreement between Italy and Libya". No police or army forced them to leave, but there was some kind of general pressure to get sub-saharan migrants out of the country and to have them leave by boat. In Dawit's case, his landlord told him he had one day to leave his apartment. "Buses in Tripoli were collecting people and deporting them", Dawit says. They couldn’t go towards Tunisia or Egypt, only towards to the coast. Other sub-Saharans were able to flee to Tunisia, but there aren't any Ethiopian embassies in Libya, so Ethiopians in Libya don't have any documents that allowed them to stay in the country or officially cross borders. Once they arrived at the port they didn't pay any fixed fee but all they had was confiscated, including food and water. A boat was given to them and they left. "People had bought food and water for their journey, but everything was confisfacted. I was lucky, because it took me only 34 hours to arrive in Malta, but it took these guys (indicating Michael, 25, and Mubarak – not in this picture -, 23, both from Ethiopia, standing next to him) 10 days to arrive", Dawit says. Michael, 25, stands next to Dawit. He was on a boat with his wife and two twins and arrived in Malta on April 12. It took him 10 days to arrive. They had no food and no water. They fed their 12 mont
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Dawit (right), a 35 years immigrant old from Ethiopia, Michael (center), a 25 years old immigrant from Eritrea, and Mubarak, a 25 years old immigrant from Eritrea, are here by the Swiss Red Cross tentsinside the hangarat the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Dawit was a language teacher in Tripoli and lived well, with no problems until the crisis started. He arrived in Malta on March 29th on a boat with 80 people after crossing the sea for 34 hours. "Once the UN resolution against Libya was signed there were State TV announcements (also in English) that announced that migrants were free to leave the country. It wasn't possible before that date because of the agreement between Italy and Libya". No police or army forced them to leave, but there was some kind of general pressure to get sub-saharan migrants out of the country and to have them leave by boat. In Dawit's case, his landlord told him he had one day to leave his apartment. "Buses in Tripoli were collecting people and deporting them", Dawit says. They couldn’t go towards Tunisia or Egypt, only towards to the coast. Other sub-Saharans were able to flee to Tunisia, but there aren't any Ethiopian embassies in Libya, so Ethiopians in Libya don't have any documents that allowed them to stay in the country or officially cross borders. Once they arrived at the port they didn't pay any fixed fee but all they had was confiscated, including food and water. A boat was given to them and they left. "People had bought food and water for their journey, but everything was confisfacted. I was lucky, because it took me only 34 hours to arrive in Malta, but it took these guys (indicating Michael, 25, and Mubarak – not in this picture -, 23, both from Ethiopia, standing next to him) 10 days to arrive with", Dawit says. Michael, 25, stands next to Dawit. He was on a boat with his wife and two twins and arrived in Malta on April 12. It took him 10 days t
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Idris Said Ham, a 32 years old immigrant from Eritrea. lives in a container in the Tent Village, an open centre in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. The Open Centres in Malta serve as a temporary accomodation facility, but they ended becoming permanent accomodation centres, except for those immigrants who receive subsidiary protection or refugee status and that are sent to countries such as the United States, Germany, Poland, and others. All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for their first interview with the Refugee Commissioner. Asylum seekers may be detained for up to 12 months: at this point, if their claim is still pending, they are released and transferred to an Open Center.<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • LUQA, MALTA - JUNE 21: A station of the Vessel Traffic Management Information System, which manages the the vessel traffic in Maltese waters, is here at the Rescue Coordination Center in the Armed Forces of Malta base in Luqa on June 21, 2011. The Rescue Coordination Center receives information about boats and vessels movements as well as SOS requests in the Maltese waters and the SAR (Search and Rescue) waters. Malta's competence of coordination of the SAR waters is 25,000 square nautical miles, which also includes the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vast Maltese SAR waters correspond to the Maltese Flight Information Region (FIR).<br />
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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Three sub-saharn immigrants that arrived from Libya are here at the Lyster Barracks Closed Center, a detention center for immigrants in Hal Far (which translates as Rats' town), Malta, on June 20, 2011. All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities: the Lyster Barracks Closed Centre, the Safi Closed Centre, and the Ta’kandja Closed Centre. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for their first interview with the Refugee Commissioner. Asylum seekers may be detained for up to 12 months: at this point, if their claim is still pending, they are released and transferred to an Open Center.
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: An Ethiopian immigrant that arrived from Libya stays in her room at the Lyster Barracks Closed Center, a detention center for immigrants in Hal Far (which translates as Rats' town), Malta, on June 20, 2011. All immigrants who enter in Malta illegally are detained. Upon arrival to Malta, irregular migrants and asylum seekers are sent to one of three dedicated immigration detention facilities: the Lyster Barracks Closed Centre, the Safi Closed Centre, and the Ta’kandja Closed Centre. Once apprehended by the authorities, immigrants remain in detention even after they apply for refugee status. detention lasts as long as it takes for asylum claims to be determined. This usually takes months; asylum seekers often wait five to 10 months for their first interview with the Refugee Commissioner. Asylum seekers may be detained for up to 12 months: at this point, if their claim is still pending, they are released and transferred to an Open Center.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 19: Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi gives a speech at the EASO (European Asylum Support Office) inauguration at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta, on June 19, 2011. EASO, the European Asylum Support Office, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the Upper Barrakka Gardens,Valletta.<br />
The EASO is a regulatory agency set up to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, develop practical cooperation among member states on asylum, and support member states experiencing particular pressure on their asylum systems. Malta lobbied hard to make it the first EU agency based on its shores.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - JUNE 19: Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi (center), Malta Home Affairs Minister Carm Misfud Bonnici (right), EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom (rear left) and EASO Executive Director Robert Visser (rear right) enter the Upper Barrakka Gardens for the EASO (European Asylum Support Office) inauguration in Valletta, Malta, on June 19, 2011. EASO, the European Asylum Support Office, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the Upper Barrakka Gardens,Valletta.<br />
The EASO is a regulatory agency set up to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, develop practical cooperation among member states on asylum, and support member states experiencing particular pressure on their asylum systems. Malta lobbied hard to make it the first EU agency based on its shores.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Joan Abela (44), a historian and volunteer at the Notarial Archives, consults a volume, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: An 18th century document in Ottoman Turkish, affixed with the cipher of Turga, grants safe passage to a christian merchant through enemy seas, is here at the Notarial Archies in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013. At the Notarial Archives lie more than 500 years' worth of legal documents, the majority in Italian and Latin. There are 20,000 volumes at the Notarial Archives.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A man walks out of a warehouse at the quarry wharf in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: A boat navigates in the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Three men fish in the Grand Harbour in the north of Valletta by St Elmo's point, before the breakwaters delimiting the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 4 November 2013: Two men fish in the Grand Harbour in the north of Valletta by St Elmo's point, before the breakwaters delimiting the Mediterranean Sea, in Valletta, Malta, on November 4th, 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A car goes up the Mediterranean Street overlooking the Grand Habrbour in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A woman looks down on Melita street from her wooden balcony in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Pigeons fly over the skyline of Valletta, with the tower of the St Paul's Cathedral and the cupola of the Carmelite Church, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Pigeons fly over the skyline of Valletta, with the tower of the St Paul's Cathedral and the cupola of the Carmelite Church, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Typical maltese wooden balconies at sunset in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: Street art in Jean de la Vallette square, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 3 November 2013: A boy runs unders the archs of the Upper Barrakka Gardens, a public garden overlooing the Grand Harbour, in Valletta, Malta, on November 3rd 2013. The garden was the gift of an eighteenth-century Italian knight. It was originally intended to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian langue, or department, of the Order of Saint John.<br />
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Valleta was named after Jean Parisot de Valette of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565, known as the Siege of Malta. The city was founded immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights to the island.
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