Malta Issues - 2023

Disputes - international

none identified

Refugees and internally displaced persons

stateless persons: 11 (2022)

note: 8,556 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-November 2022)

Illicit drugs

minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe

NOTE: The information regarding Malta on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malta 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malta 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.