Watch: Bernard Grech Warns Foreign Workers – Fail Your Maltese Test And You’ll Have To Leave The Island
Bernard Grech has issued a pretty blunt warning to third-country nationals working in Malta.
If he becomes Prime Minister, they will be obliged to take a test in basic Maltese after a year living in the country. Should they fail, they won’t be able to renew their work permit and will therefore be forced to leave the country.
Grech told Lovin Malta that this is part of the PN’s drive towards attracting “quality” workers.
“This is our country and the people who enter must accept what we want, and what we want is quality” Grech said. “We want quality over here.”
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“It isn’t acceptable for me that a worker arrives without being able to speak basic English or communicate in Maltese.”
To stress his point, the PN leader opened up about the linguistic struggles his 92-year-old mother passed through at the very end of her life.
“We have nothing against the English language – it’s one of our official languages – but why did my 92-year-old mother, on her deathbed and during the worst moment of her life, have to try and speak in English to communicate with her carer?”
“Does this mean that we will kick out the carers? No, but the carers must understand that since they’re in Malta and working with the Maltese, they must respect the people of Malta, our language and the way we communicate.”
“We will be a country that embraces different cultures but the PN cannot allow our identity to fade away into nothingness.”
What do you make of Bernard Grech’s proposal?
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