Malta: an overpopulated and unwelcoming island | ARTE.tv Documentary

Too many people, too little space. Migrants in Malta have contributed to a strong economic boom over the past 20 years. But as the island becomes more crowded, more and more residents seem to be turning against non-European migrants.
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[@TD-wk2dz]

I don’t understand what people found there, low wages and high rental prices

[@ntombicumalo]

In their countries the wages are lower than imaginable or, they don't even have work at all. It's a really complicated situation.

[@TD-wk2dz]

@ntombicumalo Yeah I know, I lived in Malta for more than a year and thank God I left. There are all sorts of jobs there, but they pay very little, food and housing are expensive for everyone and for the Maltese themselves!! A country for tourism and that’s it!!

[@ntombicumalo]

@@TD-wk2dz you are right. I was there but only as a tourist and enjoyed myself. But, as I wrote previously, the metropolises are the most overpopulated ones than the countryside. This is all by design to control us. There must be something hidden behind the mass migration.

[@ianfarrugia4495]

Thankyou for taking our issues seriously and respectfully to an international audience. As a local, the diverse voices you bring to the table offer a lot of perspective.

[@teatime3349]

German reporter from French program in english subtitles 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪

[@artetvdocumentary]

That's how we roll 😎

[@ianfarrugia4495]

Only the Maltese didn't need English subtitles lmao 🇲🇹

[@gabrielpr03]

The reporter is actually from Italy (South Tyrol)

[@rosemallia5252]

Umm Maltese are not like Lebanese. Nor are they like north africans. Malta does not need more immigration nor can it sustain its current numbers. There is a great strain on the quality of life, standard of living and the environment. It simply must stop. I disagree that passports can be bought just for the rich. Malta was fine 20 years ago and it was sold out by developers and the like.

[@GwenyLeny]

As a Maltese , I agree. What makes it worse they are disrespectful , low wages and high rental prices.

[@jasonking6892]

Went to Malta 40 years ago Beautiful today Mass population Mass Immigration Gone for Ever 👎🇺🇲

[@briopalumpus8676]

the maltese dont want to do certain jobs. if they shut the borders they need to pick up the slack and do undesirable jobs.

[@chrysalis4126]

Nonsense it has been overpopulated for donkeys years, it's such a tiny island.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

Could uncontrolled immigration be an issue in Germany whose politicians have encouraged immigration both to Germany itself and to other EU countries by funding NGOs to help the human traffickers bring people to Italy.

[@stevefarrugia-dc7qt]

knock out. That is a valid accusationYou are all part of a network of organized crime.Big like.

[@shekharpaul966]

Most of the migrants has one eye to enter in Germany, UK or France ….. They just use Malta as their launch pad !!😂😂

[@holeefuk413]

Thats crazy 500k people with 425k cars 😢

[@ianfarrugia4495]

It is a miserable state of affairs. Consider the size of the island - Late at night with empty roads you go from the furthest point north west to the furthest south east in less than 30 minutes. In peak traffic it would take an hour or more. And we get peak traffic multiple times a day.

[@stevefarrugia-dc7qt]

800k in reality and maybe 900k on a serious count. The lies are big.

[@Anonymoose66G]

@@stevefarrugia-dc7qt That's insane, I mean what? If I was the government i'd be tackling that instantaneously, give people a valid option of getting rid of their cars & encourage the behaviour via making it free to decompose them etc. Build public infrastructure, on such a small island all you really need are trams, busses & cycle lanes. There's a few main things the Maltese government needs to do, 1) tackle the trash problem, 2) tackle overpopulation, 3) tackle poor infrastructure & mismanagement of space and 4) diversify their economy.

[@stevefarrugia-dc7qt]

The usual mistakes of opinion .Economy is ultra diverse.Trash problem is in one dense area,over rated.All infrastucture is new and two challenges are being fixed.Overpopulated,yes but will not stop.@@Anonymoose66G

[@MENSA.lady2]

Malta is big enough to accept several million tourists each summer and some winter snowbirds, like me, I'm sure that the Maltese government and the population will welcome us but illegal migrants arriving from North Africa must be stopped. That's the problem.

[@user-hj9um3pn2w]

Are you on cocaine malta should not welcome anyone no tourist nothing. Malta is for Maltese only

[@michaelbaker5501]

The island of Manhattan in New York City has 1.6 million people and is 5 times smaller than Malta. This is an infrastructure problem more than a people problem.

[@yo2trader539]

Cannot really compare a city with an island nation. In NYC not everything has to be in Manhattan, whereas an island nation has no choice but to have all functions of a nation from airport to administration to business to housing to water treatment and garbage recycling.

[@michaelbaker5501]

@@yo2trader539 NYC has all those things and more within the city limits.

[@JackMicTube]

It's not an infrastructure problem either, we definitely have the capability to build flats to keep up with demand, and this was only the first time our electrical supply broke down BECAUSE of high demand. The main problems are corruption, overpopulation and bad governments Our population is decreasing and the only thing they did was import migrants to fill up empty job roles, overpopulating the islands causing more traffic and air pollution along with a demand of eyesore flats that replace traditional maltese buildings and the environment, meanwhile more cars need more parking taking up even more space, but we can't destroy the environment too much or our endemic species will become endangered the same way NYC lost its oyster reef, now we could fix all of this but we have a corrupt government with no alternative government to save us so there is no solution until the rich crooks are put behind bars and the people retake their voice.

[@michaelbaker5501]

@@JackMicTube I'm not criticizing or being condescending in any way; I'm curious about what would you do if you were in charge

[@speedford6]

This is a cultural problem first and foremost, regredless of what journalist try to picture ... People come to Malta expecting to continue their cultural habits - some of which are not compatible with the Maltese way of living - and expect the Maltese to be totally fine with this

[@zinghao131]

Well, it's pretty much a city state, and cities are still growing in population pretty much everywhere around the world. It's the nature of the beast we call humanity. I must say that the country side outside of the central area remains to be quite stunning, but if tourists can't move about because of road traffic the economy might collapse. The government therefore must invest in a metro rail. It's clearly not going to work without that.

[@gooderspitman8052]

If you’re taking your overpopulation stats off passports, you’ll find that a lot of folk have dual citizenship, for a Maltese Passport easily bought.

[@over2166]

Too many Russians

[@AliClay]

I was in Malta recently and 100% of restaurant and hotel workers were either Indian, Philipinos, Indonesians and other South East Asians.

[@AscendingGoogle123]

Because employers know they will work for less than native Maltese, obviously...Why are you praising exploitation and wage suppression?

[@AliClay]

@@AscendingGoogle123 But where did i praise exploitation? I am just sharing my experience.

[@AscendingGoogle123]

@@AliClay It sounds like you're implying that wage exploitation of foreigners in Malta is a good thing. It quite obviously isn't, especially since it suppresses wage growth for native Maltese people.

[@canelo1728]

Malta needs more immigrants, they have a low fertility rate and big companies need more workers. There is more than enough space

[@7venmedia41]

Malta should not take any advice from Germany or France. In Malta, unlike in western Europe, you can walk on the street at night without getting mugged or worse.

[@ianfarrugia4495]

Depends which area, and your safety level (as everywhere else) depends on what gender you appear as.

[@RGauci]

I bet you haven't visited Malta in the last years?

[@sanchoodell6789]

That was once the case but sadly not anymore. Sadly diversity and third worlders have infiltrated Malta bringing in all their crap with them.

[@Crystal_G_1989]

And why the man talks like its Fililpino care giver fault?

[@marianasalles242]

We need less humans in this🌍

[@uwu69uwu420]

make a start

[@danirezaeva3934]

Let’s talk about Malta: the population with a passport, there is a sizeable amount of people with bought passports, since Malta sells their citizenship, mainly to rich people. This means that this population is made up of people who actually provide nothing to the country’s society apart from giving money to the government and contributing to the high cost of living (while wages remain low in Malta). I think Malta should do less catering to rich people, and use their geographic position to welcome skilled migrants to open businesses, and live and work in Malta while also contributing to Maltese society. It is worth mentioning that integration would not be so difficult if they open to North Africans or Lebanese since Maltese is a Semitic language, and the Mediterranean lifestyle doesn’t differ so much from, say, Tunisia.

[@italianstallion9170]

malta is very similar to Monaco and Andorra in that respect just another tax haven and playground for the very rich.

[@georgebronte840]

No thanks! Go somewhere else. Language might be similar, but culture and religion is completely different. Go somewhere else. No room here anyway. In fact all the island's inhabitants should be relocated to the continent and Malta revert back to a nature preserve free of humans.

[@TME1]

Practically all those who bought passport do not even reside here. The income generated by the passport scheme helped Malta enormously during the pandemic.

[@stevefarrugia-dc7qt]

You 'WOKE' people are confused and so contradictory to make a documentary like this.I laughed,seriously.

[@IveJustHadAPiss]

🤣 It's only 1700 people per square km! What a bunch of crybabies.

[@ianfarrugia4495]

Considering it's an island, rather than a city, there's very little places which aren't chaotically overpacked.

[@ad_astra468]

That’s quite a lot, it’s literally 4 times the population density of India and South Korea who are already packed.

[@helluvabosslover2009]

Are you this ignorant? 1700 per sq km is A LOT which is a population density of about 5x more than the UK

[@gerryhouska2859]

Too many humans on the planet. With a bit of luck, global warming will cull enough and we can always revert to anthropophagy. Bon appetit!

[@magesalmanac6424]

This ignores the fact that a very small number of people create most of the pollution. Overpopulation is a myth, we were belching out coal since the dawn of the Industrial age. Large groups can live sustainably , if they CHOOSE to, but it’s a select few who cause most of the damage.

[@ntombicumalo]

I would not agree a lot with you. I will give you an example. South Africa had a population of 59,39 million by 2021, it is 3 times bigger than Germany which has now a population over 82 million. There is no overpopulation as such, only that people are collected together in the cities. There is so much empty land outside but, who wants to live in the countryside where there are no infrastructures. We people have learned to beg our governments, we cannot even bake the bread ourselves, cut the hair or wash the clothes. And this is what our rulers want. We must use our brains, be analytical, question everything and, stop believing everything the mainstream media says. This is only my opinion. I don't want to make anyone angry.

[@RonnieDeVeyra.]

Racist

[@Nakla]

Clown

[@magellan8232]

A lot of EU citizens coming to squat Malta and contributing zero to society other that partying and getting wasted in Paceville are no better than TCNs who come here to be bolt drivers. It's not a TCN problem its a general migration problem.