Some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation when the leaders of Albania and Italy announced a contentious agreement earlier this week to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving by sea.
Looking to curb migration toItaly, the Italian prime minister signed a deal with Albania last year to send some asylum-seekers to the Balkan country and process the asylum requests there. Only those migrants who come from countries that Italy deems safe will b...
Italian court blocks asylum-seekers expulsions in challenge to Meloni’s migrant deal with Albania Italy sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections A small group of activists gathered at the entrance of the port to protest the arrival of the migr...
The two Italian-run migrant centres are being built in Shengjin and nearby Gjader, about 45 miles north of the Albanian capital, Tirana. Image:This migrant centre in Shengjin, Albania, is one of two sites for processing asylum seekers from Italy The first one in the ...
ROME (AP) — An Italian appeals court on Friday refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a controversial migration deal to move the proceedings beyond the European Union's borders.
“This agreement between Italy and Albania is being recognised as a model by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who said it should be seen as a positive example for addressing the migrant issue,” Tajani told RTL 102.5 in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s an investment to...
She said the deal has attracted the interest of 15 out of 27 EU members who are asking the European Commission if “the union [could] follow the Italian model in the agreement with Albania.” World & Nation Italy’s migrant detention centers in spotlight...
-4.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) Sex ratio: at birth:1.1 male(s)/female under 15 years:1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years:1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over:0.85 male(s)/female total population:1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) ...
Albanian children, both boys and girls, are trafficked to Greece and Italy to beg, wash car windows, and deal in drugs. Most of those trafficked come from Albania’s ethnic Roma minority, a traditionally disadvantaged group. Often in exchange for a monthly stipend, very poor families give the...
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government has vowed to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have remained dormant after Italian courts refused to validate the transfer of the first two groups of migrants.