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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A pizza is prepared at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free. "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A young girl walks in a street of the Sanità district, a popular district home to the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas") in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee.  A  suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014:  barista serves espresso coffees  and water at Nea, a cafè  and art gallery that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pino De Stasio, owner of cafè Bar Settebello, shows a file folder containing the receipts of suspended coffees in his cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pino De Stasio, owner of cafè Bar Settebello, shows the receipts of suspended coffees in his cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A banner of "La rete del caffè sospeso" (The suspended coffee network) hangs inside "Caffè Svelato", a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Customers have espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Customers have espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A customer mixes the sugar in an espresso cofee at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
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<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Espresso coffees are prepared at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A customer mixes the sugar in an espresso cofee at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Baristas prepare and serve coffees for customers waiting at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A  "Suspended Pizza" logo on a paper tablecloth invites customers to contribute the cause, at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
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The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pizza makers are about to oven cook a pizza at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A blackboard, with the amount of "suspended pizzas" and the names of some of the donors, is here at the  entrance of the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi, in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Baristas prepare and serve espresso coffees at the counter of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè  Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.  The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Receipts of suspended coffees left by customers are are here inside a giant moka pot at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Customers sit in the terrace of Nea, a cafè  and art gallery that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pino De Stasio, owner of cafè Bar Settebello, is here behind the cash register in his cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Bar Settebello is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Ciro Pipolo, a 45 years old barista, serves an espresso coffee at Bar Settebello, a cafe that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Ciro Pipolo, a 45 years old barista, prepares an espresso coffee at Bar Settebello, a cafe that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Ciro Pipolo, a 45 years old barista, serves clients at Bar Settebello, a cafè that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Simone Cirella, 42, serves two espresso coffees at  "Caffè Svelato", a cafè he owns in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Simone Cirella, 42, prepares two espresso coffees at  "Caffè Svelato", a cafè he owns in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Simone Cirella, 42, prepares two espresso coffees at  "Caffè Svelato", a cafè he owns in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Receipts of suspended coffees are scotched on the entrance window of "Caffè Svelato", a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Caffè Svelato is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Exterior of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè    in Naples that claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century, in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pizza makers are about to oven cook a pizza at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A pizza is prepared at the Pizzeria Oliva da Concettina ai Tre Santi (where customers can offer "suspended pizzas"), in the Sanità district in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
The suspended pizzas derives from the tradition of the caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee. The suspended coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè  Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br />
<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A barista prepares espresso coffees at Nea, a cafè  and art gallery that is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network) in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014.<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
    CIPG_20141212_INYT_SuspendedCoffee__...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: Pino De Stasio, owner of cafè Bar Settebello, operates the cash register in his cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. Bar Settebello is part of the "Rete del Caffè Sospeso" (Suspended Coffee Network).<br />
<br />
A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
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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: Immigrants play soccer 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: A Shuka, a 25 years old immigrant from Somali, is here with her son by the Swiss Red Cross tents inside 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: A Shuka, a 25 years old immigrant from Somali, is here with her son by the Swiss Red Cross tents inside 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: Immigrants play ball and ride bikes 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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Immigrants hang their clothes between the hangar and a fence 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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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: A sub-saharan immigrant that distributes food to his fellow immigrants at lunch is here at the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: A sub-saharan immigrant that distributes food to his fellow immigrants at lunch is here at the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: Immigrants walk by the Marsa Open Centre building in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: A doctor visits an immigrant in his office of the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Sub-saharan immigrants that arrived from Libya watch an Italian TV channel 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: Two sub-saharan immigrants that arrived from Libya are behind bars 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: Two sub-saharan immigants that arrived from Libya make braids for their friend (center) 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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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: The entrance of 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 - 21 August, 2012:  Somali migrants wait to be picked up to be hired as day laborers in front of the Hal Far Tent Village open centre, in Hal Far, Malta, on 21 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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 - 21 August, 2012:  Somali migrants wait to be picked up to be hired as day laborers in front of the Hal Far Tent Village open centre, in Hal Far, Malta, on 21 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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: 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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: A Shuka, a 25 years old immigrant from Somali, is here with her son by the Swiss Red Cross tents inside 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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: A birthday picture of Michael's twin (a 25 years old immigrant from Ethiopia) and their stuffed animal are here in a Swiss Red Cross tent in the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Michael and his wife left Libya on a boat that got lost in sea for 10 days, with no food nor water. They fed their twins with toothpaste and sea water for the entire trip.<br />
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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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Michael, a 25 years old immigrant from Ethiopia, is here with one of his 15 twins in the Swiss Red Cross tent in the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Michael and his wife left Libya on a boat that got lost in sea for 10 days, with no food nor water. They fed their twins with toothpaste and sea water for the entire trip. Michael's friend, Mubak (23 years old from Ethiopia), said  military planes and ships saw them on the second and sixth day. On the 10th day they set their boat on fire in order to get rescued. That's when the Maltese forces noticed them. A pregnant woman died on the 10th day, a few hours before the other passengers were rescued.<br />
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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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Two 15 months twins, children of Michael (25 years old from Ethiopia) cry in their crib in a Swiss Red Cross tent in the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Michael and his wife left Libya on a boat that got lost in sea for 10 days, with no food nor water. They fed their twins with toothpaste and sea water for the entire trip. Michael's friend, Mubak (23 years old from Ethiopia), said  military planes and ships saw them on the second and sixth day. On the 10th day they set their boat on fire in order to get rescued. That's when the Maltese forces noticed them. A pregnant woman died on the 10th day, a few hours before the other passengers were rescued.<br />
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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 />
<br />
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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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Immigrants walk by the Swiss Red Cross tent in the Hangar Open Center in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Michael and his wife left Libya on a boat that got lost in sea for 10 days, with no food nor water. They fed their twins with toothpaste and sea water for the entire trip.<br />
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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 />
<br />
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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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Migrants take the 113 bus from Valletta to the Open centres in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011.<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: A young sub-saharan immigrant walk by the containers 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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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: Amina Mohammed, 30, and her daughter Sabarina, 20 months (held by Fatima Aden, 26) is an immigrant from Somalia that lives in a container in the Tent Village, an open centre in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011.Amina arrived together with her three container roommates on a boat from the port of Az Zawiyah, Libya, on a boat with 520 people. 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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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21:  at 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
    CIPG_20110621_NYT_MALTA__MG_0674.jpg
  • 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
    CIPG_20110621_NYT_MALTA__MG_0670.jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 21: A Sudanese immigrant between two containers of immigrants at 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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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: A flyer by the Migrants' Network for Equality is here outside the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The flyer denounces the murder of Suleiman, killed in front of a club in Paceville in 2009, and invites people to a peaceful march on the 24th of June. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0573.jpg
  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: An immigrant sits on a wall at the entrance of the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0568.jpg
  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: Two beds, hanged clothes and the personal belongings of immigrants in the overcrowded Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0556.jpg
  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: A map of Africa is here in one of the offices of the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0389.jpg
  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: Ahmed Bugri from Ghana, director of FSM (Foundation for Shelter and Support to Migrants) is here in his office at the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. "The Open Centres in Malta serve as a temporary accomodation facility, but they ended becoming permanent accomodation centres" Ahmed says. 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0373.jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Two Maltese guards look over immigrants 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0354.jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Sub-saharan 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0308.jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Sub-saharan immigrants that arrived from Libya are here in a room with catholic icons 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: Groom, a 27 years old immigrant from Ethiopia that arrived from Libya three months ago, is 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0233.jpg
  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: Sub-saharan immigrants that arrived from Libya play checkers on self-made boards and plastic caps 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.
    CIPG_20110620_NYT_MALTA__MG_0173.jpg
  • 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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  • Malta - 21 August, 2012: Aerial view of the Hal Far Tent Village (center) and of the Hangar Site (bottom left) with respectively 100 and 34 containers where migrants live, in Hal Far, Malta,  on 21 August, 2012.<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 - 21 August, 2012:  The interior of a container of the Hal Far Hangar Site where migrants live, in Hal Far, Malta on 21 August, 2012. Each one of the 34 containers can host up to 10 migrants. The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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 - 21 August, 2012:  A hand drawn heart stating "Love is life" appears in one of the 34 containers where migrants live, at the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 21 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  Ethiopian migrants stay outside because of the excessive heat of the containers they live in at the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  Two Ghanaian brothers stand in the container they live in and that they share with other 8 Sub-Saharan migrants in the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  Two Ghanaian brothers stand in the container they live in and that they share with other 8 Sub-Saharan migrants in the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012: A Ghanaian migrant stands outside the container he lives with other 9 Sub-Saharn migrants, including his 16 years old brother, in the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  Somali migrant Daher Abdi Ali, 28, stands in fron of his bed in the container he lives in and that he shares with other 9 migrants in the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  A Sub-Saharan migrant ridese his bike between the containers of the Hal Far Hangar Site in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  Two Sub-Saharan migrants enter the Hal Far Hangar Site open centre after buying some vegetables in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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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Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
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  • Hal Far, Malta - 20 August, 2012:  A migrant stands outside the container he lives in at the Hangar Open Centre, in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012. <br />
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The Hangar Open Center is a field with an ex-aircraft hangar which, until 2011, included Swiss Red Cross tents in a dark, non lit space in very poor conditions and with inflamable oil on the floor. Today, the hangar is closed and the migrants live in 34 external containers with no water. <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 - 20 August, 2012: Guuleed Abdihe, a 16 years old migrant from Somalia, is in the Hal Far Ten Village open centre at sunrise in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012. Gulled arrived in Malta a month ago travelling from Somali by himself.<br />
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The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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 - 20 August, 2012: Blocks of limestone are piled up by the containers of the Hal Far Tent Village open centre where sub-saharan migrants live, in Hal Far, Malta, on 20 August, 2012.<br />
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The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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 - 19 August, 2012: A group of Sudanese immigrants in their car visits their friends at the Hal Far Tent Village open centre, in Hal Far, Malta, on 19 August, 2012. The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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 - 19 August, 2012: Immigrants hang their clothes between the containers they live in at the Hal Far Tent Village Open Centre in Hal Far, Malta, on 19 August, 2012. <br />
The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants. 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: Samzen Muse, 23, with her daughter Farhiya, 14 months,  is an immigrant from Somalia that  lives in a container in the Tent Village, an open centre in Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") on June 21, 2011. Samzen arrived together with her three container roommates on a boat from the port of Az Zawiyah, Libya, on a boat with 520 people. 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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  • MARSA, MALTA - JUNE 20: An immigrant watches Al-Jazeera on TV in the leisure room of the Marsa Open Centre in Marsa on June 20, 2011. The Marsa Open Centre's capacity is of 650 people, but now hosts 900 immigrants, 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. 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.
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  • HAL FAR, MALTA - JUNE 20: 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 - 19 August, 2012: Ethiopian immigrants stand in front of the containers of the Hal Far Tent Village open centre they live in, in Hal Far, Malta, on 19 August, 2012.The Hal Far Tent Village, initially composed of tents when it first opened, is composed today of 100 containers with no water where the immigrants live for months, and sometimes years. Hal Far (which translates as "Rat's Town") is an industrial area of Malta which hosts two open centres for immigrants.  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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  • 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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