ROME – Italy has just carried out the first deportation linked to its new Albania-based migrant detention centre – but the ...

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 ...

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, DEC 19 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday took part in a ... such as Italy's agreement to set up migrant centres in Albania, on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels.

Buses carrying migrants arrive at Gjader, Albania, 11 April 2025 ... and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni. Media have raised problems with transparency from the beginning, highlighting ...

Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, signed a deal with her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama to open the two Italian-run centres in Albania in November 2023. On Friday, 40 men of different ...

Facing criticism from the opposition over the legal confusion, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative coalition last month decided to use Albania instead as a staging post for people whose ...

The duration of the migrants’ stay in Albania remains unclear, though under Italian law, rejected asylum seekers can be held for up to 18 months pending deportation. The transfers come after Prime ...

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It is not clear how long they will remain in Albania. Under Italian law, asylum seekers whose residence claims have not been successful can be detained for up to 18 months while awaiting deportation.