Italy, Albania
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.
The first migrants sent to Albania for processing return to Italy
An Italian navy ship has taken back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome.
Court halts Italy’s contested migrant centers in Albania
Petillo also referred to Britain backing away from its controversial and expensive plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as ultimately unworkable. Italy’s center-left opposition quickly called for an end to the Albania plan, saying the court ruling proves its illegality.
Barnier says Italy's migrant deal with Albania does not seem doable in France
PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that the type of deal Italy has struck to divert asylum-seekers to Albania for processing would not likely be feasible in France.
French premier says Italy-Albania migrant deal can't be 'transposed' to France
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has expressed doubts that a recent migrant deal between Italy and Albania would work for his country. "I don’t think this example can be transposed (to France)," Barnier told reporters Friday in Menton,
Italy starts outsourcing its migrant crisis to Albania
Women, children, families and vulnerable men will go to Italy for processing in the normal way. So will anyone who claims to be from a country not on Italy’s “safe” list of 22 (which includes Bangladesh,
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.
Barnier says Albania migrant processing deal can't be 'transposed' to France
Last week, Italy formally opened two return hub centres in Albania under Rome's jurisdiction, where it plans to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. But the plan has proved controversial,
France's Barnier, Italy's Tajani, Meet to Bolster Cooperation Against Illegal Migration
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier and Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani will meet at the border between the two countries on Friday in a bid to bolster cooperation against illegal immigration.
Economic hope or human rights headache? Italy's migrant camp in Albania sparks debate
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First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
An Italian navy ship has taken back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum processing centers in Albania ...
Italian court rejects Meloni plan to hold asylum-seekers in Albania
Anger in ruling coalition as first group of migrants sent to processing centres ordered to be returned to Italy ...