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With the closure of fresh applications for the Specific Residence Authorisation[1], introduced in 2018 for specific groups of rejected yet well-integrated asylum-seekers, Malta’s only route for alternative forms of regularisation for rejected asylum-seekers remains Temporary Humanitarian Protection, described under National forms of protection. In recent years, various communities of rejected asylum-seekers organised demonstrations demanding legal recognition for their social and financial integration efforts, yet the Government has repeatedly underlined that it will not reintroduce any form of regularisation for rejected asylum-seekers.
[1] Ministry for Home Affairs, Law Enforcement and National Security, Policy regarding Specific Residence Authorisation, 2020, available at: https://bit.ly/4aw3xNO.