The police and child protection services are looking into the case of six children who were reportedly found living on their own in horrid conditions, the Times of Malta is informed.
The case, according to the Family Ministry, was the “desperate” result of social and personal pressures afflicting a family that had no resources.
Their next of kin abandoned the children, aged five to 15, after their father died.
They were living in the family home, with the eldest child acting the part of mother to her siblings, according to MaltaToday.
The newspaper reported that social workers had been working on the case for weeks and the children had since been placed with a number of respite foster carers until arrangements could be made for their long-term care as a family unit.
Members of the deceased father’s first family reportedly forced the children’s mother out of the home.
When contacted by the Times of Malta, a spokeswoman for the Family Ministry said child protection services were “thoroughly involved” in the matter. All efforts were being made to secure the safest, most adequate placement under the circumstances.
In accordance with child safety policies, the social workers strove…
