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EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying only that it was being closely monitored.
Italy faces big setback over migrant camps in Albania
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's five-year deal to send migrants rescued at sea to camps in Albania for processing has been dealt a significant blow by the courts, only days after the first arrivals.
Italy ships migrants to Albania for first time under controversial plan
The first 16 migrants rescued at sea while trying to reach Europe by way of Italy arrived at the Albanian port of Shengjin on Wednesday aboard an Italian navy vessel, marking an extraordinary change in the handling of Mediterranean migration.
Italy adopts a new decree to overcome hurdles jeopardizing its migration deal with Albania
Italy’s far-right government has approved a new decree aimed at overcoming judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial migration deal with Albania.
Italy’s plan to detain migrants in Albania hits first legal obstacle
Italy’s far-right government is rolling out what it says could be a model for solving one of the West’s most politically charged problems: illegal migration.
Albania says only Italy is allowed to operate migrant asylum centers in the country
Albania’s prime minister says his government turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum-seekers but made an exception for Italy
First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
An Italian navy ship on Saturday took back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome. The court ruling on Friday represents an early stumbling block to a five-year deal between Italy and Albania for Tirana to host 3,
Italy Judges Reject First Migrant Detentions In Albania
Italian judges ruled Friday against the detention of the first migrants sent for processing in Albania, dealing a major blow to a flagship policy of Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government.
Italy Approves New Law to Salvage Controversial Migrant Plan
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is pushing through new legislation to salvage its controversial plan to curb undocumented migration, after a court blocked a project to divert asylum seekers to Albania.
Italy PM seeks to save Albanian migrant deal amid spat with judges
Italy's hard-right government passed a new law Monday to overcome legal opposition to a migrant deal with Albania, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused judges of political bias.
Italy declares 19 countries ‘safe’ in bid to salvage Albania migrant deal
Italy’s government has declared 19 countries safe for migrants as part of a new law designed to salvage its €670 million plan to process asylum seekers in Albania.
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Italy adopts decree to overrule court objections on Albanian migrant camps
The plan, launched last week, was immediately undermined as a Rome court said the first batch of asylum seekers dropped off in Albania had to be brought to Italy because their countries of origin ...
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Italy's Albania deal for irregular migrants fails as judges rule against detention of the asylum seekers
However the first batch of irregular men migrants that were sent to an asylum center in Albania, had to be returned to Italy following a decision from judges who ruled against their detention in ...
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A court in Italy rejects the outsourced detention of the first migrants sent to Albania
ROME — A court in Italy on Friday ruled against the right-wing government’s move to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in Albania, highlighting a key hurdle in the administration’s ...
Italy vows to push ahead with Albania migrant centres despite court blow
The Italian government vowed on Friday to push ahead with its contested plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad, saying it would ...
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Italy-Albania deal ‘will work’ regardless of legal challenges, Meloni says
The deal encountered domestic legal challenges, as just days after the first group of migrants rescued at high sea was sent to Albania, the immigration section of the Rome Court ruled against the ...
Economic hope or human rights headache? Italy's migrant camp in Albania sparks debate
Albania, which sits across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, was until the early 1990s one of the most isolated communist regimes ...
Italian coastguard vessel picks up migrants from Albania to transfer them to Italy
An Italian coastguard vessel collected migrants held in reception centres in Albania on Saturday to transfer them to Italy, ...