 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika ma1880, maGiriki kubva kuzvitsuwa akabatana mukufamba kweMalta kuenda kuKhedivate yeEjipitori. Mishumo yeBritain yenguva yacho inotaura kuti vagari veMalta vechiGiriki muAlexandria vaiwanzobatanidzwa mumabasa ematsotsi. Apo kupandukira kwaUrabi kwakasvika muguta muna June 1882, vaGiriki veMalta vakanga vari pakati pevarombo vayo vokutanga ona Bombardment of Alexandria. Pakanga pane zviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana zvokutama kwechiGiriki kuenda kuMalta, kusanganisira, muma1880, Giovanni Dacoutros weOrthodox weSantorini. Akavamba bhizimisi rakabudirira iro raivimba newaini yechiGiriki yaitengeswa kunze kwenyika, nepo dzimwe mhuri dzevatorwa Colombos, Grech, Marich, Sorottos, nezvimwewo dzainyanya kutengesa fodya. Kuverengwa kwevanhu kweBritain kwa1911 kwakanyora varume 36 nevakadzi 39 vaiva vagari veGirisi pakati pevachangobva kutamira kuColony. 