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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 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 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 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 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 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 sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections
An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers.
Italian ship carrying migrants picked up offshore reaches Albania
An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid a new attempt by Italy to push ahead with a legally contested plan to relocate migrants to the neighbouring country.
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 ...
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 ...
Italy, Albania and UAE ink clean energy cooperation deal
ROME — Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal Wednesday that calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put to use in Albania to produce solar, ...
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 ...
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Breaking the Albanian stereotype
Typical, for instance is Ardian Ndreca, a philosophy lecturer at the Urbaniana Pontifical University in Rome, and Arben, his brother, a graduate in linguistics from Genoa University. Roland, a book ...
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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 ...