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Italy ready to activate migrant centers in Albania, Meloni says
Italy's government is ready to push ahead with a contested plan to hold asylum seekers in detention centers in Albania, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said.
Meloni struck a deal with Tirana last year to divert to the Balkan country some of the migrants Italy picked up at sea, saying the scheme would act as a deterrent against departures from Africa.
Meloni: The transfer of asylum seekers to Albanian centers will resume in January
“In January, the government of Georgia Meloni wants to resume the transfer of asylum seekers to the centers Italy set up in northern Albania,” according to Italian public television Rai and much of the press.
Italy vows to push ahead with ‘innovative solutions’ to curb migration
Italy's government pledged on Monday to push ahead with a contested plan to detain asylum seekers in centers built in Albania and said it would work with allies on "innovative" ideas to curb flows of irregular migrants into Europe.
Mitsotakis reiterates support for Serbia and Albania’s EU accession
On the issue of Albania, Mitsotakis stated that Greece is "the guardian of Albania's European trajectory," adding that issues regarding the Greek national minority are not bilateral matters but are directly linked to Albania's accession to the EU.
Italy’s Meloni warns EU court against blocking Albania migrant relocations
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday to dismiss objections to her government's flagship plan to send sea migrants to Albania.
Beleris to protothema.gr: Rama targeted me when he realized that he would lose the elections in Himara (video)
“The problem of Edi Rama with me started when he saw that he was losing the Municipality of Himara,” says the New Democracy MEP, Fredi Beleris, to protothema.gr.
Meloni-Orban meeting – Migration at the heart of the talks
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni met her Hungarian counterpart Victor Orbán this afternoon at the Palazzo Quiji government palace in Rome.
Politico on immigration: Commission to propose new regulations on deportations
The European Commission is expected to propose new rules for the deportation of immigrants who enter the EU illegally.
As reported by the news outlet Politico, citing statements from diplomats, a plan for the return of migrants to their countries of origin is expected to be sent to member states’ permanent delegations by February.
Britain Looks to Countries like Vietnam and Turkey for Migrant Solutions
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed support for plans to negotiate with countries such as Vietnam, Turkey, and Iraq to help manage the flow of illegal migrants into the UK. Although Starmer refrained from providing specifics, he acknowledged the possibility of such talks, emphasizing that international cooperation is essential in addressing the issue of illegal migration.
Italian ship heads back to Albania with eight migrants
An Italian navy ship has set sail for Albania carrying a second small group of migrants, with Rome looking to salvage a controversial plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles.
EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
A top European Union official on Wednesday refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and Albania to process some migrants in centers set up in the tiny Western Balkan country, saying only that it was being closely monitored.
Italy adopts a new decree to overcome hurdles jeopardizing its migration deal with Albania
Italy's far-right government on Monday approved a new decree aimed at overcoming judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial migration deal with Albania.
Migration: “Rama’s experiment” – Yesterday’s migrants, today’s guards
Images from the early 1990s of thousands of Albanians crammed onto all kinds of ships—most famously the “Vlora” with 10,000 passengers—on the journey of hope from Durrës to Italy are not so distant. It was August 8, 1991, when scenes of a drama were unfolding at the port of Bari that were destined to be repeated.
Migration: The “Italian model”, closed centres outside the EU and deportations – All the solutions the EU is considering for the refugee problem
The recent Brussels summit, which had immigration as its main menu, may have ended without a result, but Kyriakos Mitsotakis does not appear pessimistic. Not only because he believes that progressively Europeans are coming closer to the Greek position, realizing that the root of the problem is how to discourage migrants from coming onto European soil.
Rome court rejects orders to detain migrants in Albania
A Rome court has rejected orders to detain a group of migrants in a reception facility in Albania and said they had a right to be brought to Italy, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad.