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Italy expands migrant facilities in Albania under contentious agreement between Italian and Albanian authorities

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Italy has established two migrant processing centers in Albania, which will accommodate up to 3,000 men per month while their asylum requests are processed in Italy. The centers are operational, according to Italy's ambassador to Albania, and migrants will be transferred to a second, larger center in Gjader. This move is part of Italy's plan to combat human trafficking and only allow those with a genuine right to enter the EU to enter. However, the European Court of Justice has ruled that Italy's plan to offshore migrants from countries deemed "safe" by Italy but not by the EU is not legal. Despite this ruling, Italy and Albania are moving forward with the plan, as there is no prohibition against it.

  1. EU Council
    1. The shifting of responsibility across borders by some states also incentivises others to do the same, which risks creating a domino effect that could undermine the European and global system of international protection.
  2. AL
    Edi Rama
    Socialist Party
    1. This is an exclusive agreement with Italy because we love everyone, but with Italy we have unconditional love.
  3. IT
    Riccardo Gatti
    1. They are creating a sort of Italian Guantánamo, outside of any international standard, outside of the EU, without the possibility of monitoring the detention status of the people locked up in these centres. Italy cannot transport people saved at sea to a non-EU country as if they were packages or goods.
  4. IT
    Giorgia Meloni
    Brothers of Italy
    1. We talked about the Italy-Albania agreement, which is a solution that the British government is showing a lot of interest in, and clearly we have offered them all the elements to better understand this mechanism.
    2. The most useful element of this project is that it can represent an extraordinary tool of deterrence for illegal migrants destined to reach Europe.
  5. IT
    Fabrizio Bucci
    Italian Foreign Ministry
    1. Respecting human and other rights for the migrants is of top priority.
    2. As of today, the two centres are ready and operational.
  6. IT
    Matteo Piantedosi
    Italian Interior Ministry
    1. We will start in October. There's definitely been a few months of delay, there were some normal checks, in which we discovered, for example, that the ground needed to be reinforced. That's all, very normal variations during construction.
  7. CH
    Doctors Without Borders
    1. The aim is no longer to only discourage departures, but to actively prevent people from fleeing and those rescued at sea from gaining safe and rapid access to European territory.

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.The Times
  4. 4.Associated Press
  5. 5.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Immigration to Europe
  2. 2.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  3. 3.Italy under Georgia Meloni
  4. 4.Italian politics
  5. 5.Italy-Albania Relations

countries

  1. 1.AlbaniaAL
  2. 2.BangladeshBD
  3. 3.Côte d'IvoireCI
  4. 4.EgyptEG
  5. 5.SpainES
  6. 6.United KingdomGB
  7. 7.GreeceGR
  8. 8.IndiaIN
  9. 9.ItalyIT
  10. 10.LibyaLY
  11. 11.MaltaMT
  12. 12.RwandaRW

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.Frontex
  3. 3.UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  4. 4.Amnesty InternationalGB
  5. 5.Doctors Without BordersCH
  6. 6.EU Council
  7. 7.EU Parliament
  8. 8.European Court of Justice
  9. 9.Ipsos
  10. 10.Platform for Undocumented Migrants

persons

  1. 1.Edi RamaAL
  2. 2.Fabrizio BucciIT
  3. 3.Giorgia MeloniIT
  4. 4.Gianfranco SchiavoneIT
  5. 5.Keir StarmerGB
  6. 6.Matteo PiantedosiIT
  7. 7.Riccardo GattiIT

technicals

  1. 1.English Channel
  2. 2.Adriatic Sea
  3. 3.Lampedusa Island