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Actor Mario
Aquilina says 'being
Christ is more than
growing your beard
and hair'
PAGE 15
There is no political
will to amend the
political party
financing law, says
Franco Debono
PAGES 6 & 7
Party financing
Playing Jesus
'A sea of life'
KURT SANSONE
HUNDREDS of Bangladeshi migrants are
being smuggled aboard charter flights into
Libya where they get onto boats to reach
Europe, according to intelligence seen by
MaltaToday.
Criminal groups are charging migrants
€1,500 each for the transfer between Da-
mascus in Syria and Benghazi in Libya,
using flights operated by Syrian airline
Cham Wings.
MARIANNA CALLEJA
GENETIC testing on embryos
for hereditary diseases is still un-
available at Mater Dei Hospital
eight months after the law was
changed, MaltaToday has learnt.
Pre-implantation genetic test-
ing on embryos as part of the
in-vitro fertilisation treatment
was overwhelmingly approved by
parliament in July 2022. The legal
changes allow doctors to test em-
bryos for monogenic disorders
in cases where the couple has a
known family history of heredi-
tary genetic disease.
Embryo genetic
tests still
unavailable
eight months
after legal
changes
Flight to Benghazi, boat to
Europe: a people smuggling
network's brochure
REVEALED:
Intelligence shows how
migrant smuggling
groups use chartered
f lights from Damascus
to lure Bangladeshi
people to Libya for the
dangerous boat crossing
to Europe
Criminal groups are using Syrian airline
Cham Wings to transfer migrants
between Damascus and Benghazi
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maltatoday
Italian MEP Pietro
Bortolo calls on Europe to
rediscover its 'humanity'
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