Abstract
This study aims to explore, describe, and analyze the impact of the MoU between the governments of Malta and Libya in the field of combating illegal immigration. This study adopts a multi-methods and techniques strategy, e.g., comparative methods and content analysis techniques. To examine the assumption of MoU's impact upon Malta and Libya's bilateral relations, this study content analyzing the text of the MoU into words frequencies that reflect Malta and Libya's contemporary international relations. The MoU emphasizes its compliance with the rules and principles of international law on the one hand, and it develops a practical way to monitor and manage the crisis of illegal immigration by establishing two detention centers on the other hand. While Malta will finance the Detention Center in Tripoli, on the one hand, the European Union will support financially and technically the Libyan government to secure its southern borders from illegal immigration influx on the other hand. Keywords: Malta, Libya, MoU, Bilateral Relations, Illegal immigration, Executive Agreement, and Cooperation Centres.