Ironically, Spain has what istermed a golden visa. Have lots of dosh? Not of EU origin? No problem . The Costas are booming with Russian black money being laundered. Great for the economy in the short term but a disaster in the making. Drug gangs bringing the stuff in for Europe from Africa is now a serious out of control problem. I believe Malta has the same problem with golden visas . Maybe Lizzie knows?
What apparently is happening is that Malta is agreeing for migrants to land on the Island on the proviso that the EU countries will take them all on.
This lovely Island is just 8 miles x 16 miles, so to take in any significant number of migrants would cause all kind of problems putting a strain on the services and housing that, make our difficulties over migrants seen almost insignificant.
The dilemma for Malta is though that they need 30,000 foreign workers over the next 4 years to maintain it's 6% growth rate, and it has received 1.5 billion Euros from the EU in the last 13 years in development funds and private investment. 10,000 jobs are being created in Malta every year, bucking the high unemployment trend of Southern Europe. But where all the migrant workforce is going to live, without completely covering the Island in housing (hotels are now everywhere!) I do not know.