Malta grants migrants political liberties that meet best practice, as in 21 other MIPEX countries. However, electoral rights are critically limited: they would start to improve if Malta made a commitment like ES to sign reciprocity agreements with the major countries of origin of its migrant population, which allow the right to vote and stand in local elections. So far this has only been possible for Council of Europe countries and has only actually concluded with the UK. National government sometimes improvises consultations with representatives of associations that work with migrants. There are no official consultative bodies with migrant associations. Implementation policies are also critically weak, since migrant associations cannot get specific public funding at any level of governance.
