A newly arrived Somali would-be immigrant (C) is greeted by an old friend at the Lyster barracks detention centre for immigrants in Hal Far, outside Valletta July 10, 2013. The two women said they had been held in detention together in Libya for seven months. Would-be immigrants who land in Malta face mandatory detention which can last for 18 months but figures show nearly half are allowed out sooner, following the granting of refugee status or humanitarian protection, according to official sources.
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