Albania, Italy

Italy sends migrants to Albania in third try to start scheme
Italy's attempt to house migrants in non-EU member state Albania while Rome processes their asylum applications has already failed twice. Will things work out for Giorgia Meloni's government this time round?
Italy restarts bid to deport migrants to Albania
Italian naval ship lands 49 people in Albania in a third transfer under controversial 2023 deal between Rome and Tirana.
Migrants in Albania asylum requests rejected
All asylum requests of 43 migrants at an innovative but controversial new Italian-run processing centre in Albania have been rejected, officials said Thursday after six of the original 49, two adults adjudged vulnerable and four minors,
Will it be third time lucky for Italy-Albania asylum scheme?
Italy's attempt to house migrants in non-EU member state Albania while it processes their asylum applications has already failed twice. Despite two failed attempts last October and November, the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is still determined to process migrant asylum applications in Albania,
Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania
Italy says it is transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts.
Italy takes back 5 migrants transferred to Albania
Remaining 44 migrants being held at Albania’s Gjader facility, where their asylum applications to be processed - Anadolu Ajansı
Italy Resumes Controversial Migrant Transfers To Albania
Italy has restarted its contentious program of sending asylum seekers picked up in the Mediterranean to Albania, months after jud
Italy resumes migrant transfers to Albania detention centres
Italy's navy on Sunday was taking 49 migrants it picked up in international waters to detention facilities in Albania, the interior ministry said, resuming a plan to curb sea arrivals mired in legal controversy.
Migrants from Italy arrive in Albania under contested agreement
Tuesday's boat was the first to arrive in Albania following a monthslong pause. The European Court of Justice is set to review the scheme in February.
Italy denies asylum for 43 migrants relocated to Albania, and observers say they were denied lawyers
Italian authorities have rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process said illegally deprived
Waiting for decision on migrants in Albania: what happens now?
The Court of Appeal in Rome is at the center of a major issue regarding migrants’ rights. It is currently hearing validation ...
Giorgia Meloni makes fresh push to detain migrants in Albania
Giorgia Meloni is making a fresh attempt at reviving her stalled plan to detain irregular migrants in Albania, after the ...
Albania to create a Vatican-style, Bektashi state in Tirana
Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in ...
European court finds Italy violated the right to life of Naples residents living in toxic dump area
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted ...
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Italy's President Mattarella marks record 10 years in office
Sergio Mattarella marks a record 10 years as Italian president, after being elected Italy's 12th head of state in a parliamentary vote on 31 January 2015.
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Meloni under investigation for release of wanted Libyan warlord
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is facing a probe into her government's decision to repatriate a Libyan general wanted ...
Italian navy ship drops off 49 migrants in Albania despite previous court rejections
An Italian navy ship has dropped off 49 migrants in Albania after intercepting them in international waters, in the third ...
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Migration Outsourcing to Albania: The Italian PM’s On-Again, Off-Again Grand Plan
Despite the Italian migrant centres in Albania officially opening in October, the facilities have lain empty over a legal ...