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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 SUNDAY • 31 JANUARY 2021 • ISSUE 1109 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday A clerical abuse case reawakens fears of unreported child sex abuse PAGE 13 Abusers in our midst What 2015 traffic report had prescribed at Mriehel PAGES 8-9 Quad gridlock €1.95 ECSTASY PAGE 4 Foreign workers financed one-fourth of pension pot Before COVID-19 foreign workers in Malta paid out €168 million in social security contributions of the total €735 million paid JAMES DEBONO OFFICIAL statistics made availa- ble for MaltaToday by the Minis- try for Social Justice and Solidar- ity has shown that 76,866 foreign workers and self-employed per- sons paid a staggering €168 mil- lion in social security contribu- tions in 2019. This represented an increase of nearly €30 million over that paid in 2018 by 65,092 foreign contributors. Statistics for 2020 showing the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic's downturn and nu- merous lay-offs of foreign work- ers are not yet available. But statistics for the year preceding the pandemic con- firm the increasing importance of foreigners in guaranteeing the sustainability of Malta's pension system. Indeed, while compared to 2018 the amount paid by Mal- tese workers increased by €18 million, the amount paid by for- eigners increased by €30 million. A comparison with previous years shows the amount of social security contributions paid by foreigners increased by a whop- ping €89 million since 2017. Fomm ir-Rih Owner Sandro Chetcuti says unsafe path could break off Are drug laws too punitive for club drug? PAGE 11 Man caught in New Year's Eve fracas was tasered and then released without charges PAGE 2 PAGE 6 Foreign workers like these from the Taca company, which were imported on specific construction projects in Malta, as well as other foreign workers contributed millions to Malta's pension pot

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