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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 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.
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 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 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
Italian Navy Ship Transports Migrants to Albania
An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid a new attempt
Italy Begins Shipping Migrants to Albania, Reviving Stalled Program
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s first attempt to have asylum seekers held for assessment overseas was immediately blocked by judges. Now another is underway.
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Cassiopea ship brings 49 migrants intercepted at sea to Albania
This morning, the Italian Navy vessel Cassiopea docked at the port of Shengjin, Albania, carrying 49 migrants intercepted 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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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 ...
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Trump’s clean-out Gaza plan: A reprehensible licence for ethnic cleansing
In what is clearly a cat-out-of-the-bag case, the newly sworn-in President of the United States, Donald Trump, revealed his ...
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Denmark's push for offshore asylum back on table as EU ministers talk migration
Should the EU set up migrant return centres outside the bloc -- and if so, where and for whom? European home affairs ministers began thrashing out the explosive question during talks Thursday in ...