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There is no border procedure in Malta. Whilst no information is publicly available in relation to Malta’s implementation of the EU Pact, NGOs understand that few changes will be made to the asylum procedure since the present regime is already similar to that envisaged in the Pact. Persons rescued at sea will be registered and screened at the designated disembarkation area within HOC, during which procedure the PIO will determine whether to detain or otherwise. Persons channelled into the border procedure and who are not deemed vulnerable by AWAS will be first detained in China House pending medical clearance then subsequently detained at Safi Detention Centre. Vulnerable persons will be detained at the IRC pending medical clearance and then accommodated within HOC.