It’s time to say buongiorno, or rather përshëndetje, to the first men’s Grand Tour of the year. If that second word doesn’t ...

But the Albania deportation scheme had been put on hold after Italian courts repeatedly annulled the transfer of sea migrants, forcing the government to bring them to Italy to assess their legal ...

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ROME – Italy has just carried out the first deportation linked to its new Albania-based migrant detention centre – but the individual ended up being deported from Italy, not Albania.

Italy's far-right government led by Premier Giorgia Meloni approved a decree last month that expanded the use of the Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include the detention of ...

[AFP] The first migrants sent by Rome to Albania under a controversial deal that is being closely watched in Europe arrived Wednesday, though just hours later four of them had to be sent to Italy.

SHENGJIN, Albania — Italian authorities on Friday transferred 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run migration detention centers in Albania. It was the first time ...

In November 2023, Albania signed a five-year deal with Italy to open two fast-track asylum-processing centers that could be used to hold up to 3,000 migrants picked up by the Italian coast guard ...

It is not clear how long the rejected asylum-seekers may stay in Albania. In Italy they can be detained for up to 18 months pending deportation. Italy’s far-right-led government of Premier ...

Italy's far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni approved a decree last month that expanded the use of the Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include the detention of ...