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The Libra arrived at the port of Shengjin, northern Albania, with six Egyptian nationals and two people from Bangladesh, the interior ministry told AFP. This came after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government passed a new law to overcome legal opposition to the scheme. The 2023 deal calls for migrants intercepted by state vessels within Italy’s […]
Italy’s far-right government has passed a new law to overcome a court ruling that risks blocking the country’s multimillion-dollar deal with Albania aimed at curbing migrant arrivals. On Friday, a court in Rome ruled to transfer back to Italy the last 12 asylum seekers being held in the new Italian migration hub in Albania. The […]
The last 12 asylum seekers being held in a new Italian migration hub in Albania must be transferred to Italy, a court has ruled, in a heavy blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing migrant arrivals. The decision casts further doubt on the feasibility and legality of […]
Sono sbarcati i migranti giunti a Shengjin ieri mattina alle 8 a bordo della nave Libra della Marina Militare. A gruppi di quattro, i sedici immigrati hanno percorso a piedi le poche decine di metri che separano la banchina dall’ingresso dell’hotspot allestito nel porto della cittadina albanese. I dieci bengalesi e i sei egiziani sono […]
Italy will run two migrant centres in Albania surrounded by high walls and security cameras. (AP pic) SHENGJIN: A ship carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked today in Albania, nearly a year after Rome and Tirana reached a controversial deal to process asylum seekers trying to reach Europe. Sixteen men from Bangladesh and Egypt […]
Sixteen men from Bangladesh and Egypt disembarked from an Italian navy vessel at the Shengjin port shortly before 10am, AFP journalists saw. The men were escorted in small groups toward the gates of the centre just a few metres from the vessel, which left the port at midday. Amnesty International has called the centres a […]
There’s much interest in the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’sdeal with Albania tooffshore asylum procedures, which started this week, in an attempt to tackle the rise of irregular migration. Germany, which has announced new border regulations after suspected Islamist attacks and the rise of far-right anti-immigration political parties, is particularly keen to see how the […]
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for an exploration of “return hubs” outside the EU in a letter to the bloc’s national leaders on irregular migration, citing a deal between Italy and Albania as a possible model. EU leaders are to meet on Thursday and Friday for a summit on migration […]