Isles of the Left

Asylum in a Climate-Changed World: Bridging the Protection Gap in the EU

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Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration—a phenomenon that will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis continues. Does the EU legislature address this issue?

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Malta’s Poverty Wages: Legal to Pay, Illegal to Support a Family

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If Maltese institutions claim that anything below the average wage is a poverty wage, isn’t it time for other authorities to take action? If below-average wages effectively discriminate against those with dependent family members, why is it legal for employers to pay such wages?

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Foreign Workers: Scapegoats for Environmental Degradation in Malta

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To steer clear from empowering xenophobic arguments, green campaigners should not limit their criticism to developers’ faulty morals and lack of enforcement in the industry, since the perpetrators are prepared to shift the blame elsewhere. We must attack the source of their power: profits.

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