The migrant detention hub Italy has set up in Albania has cost seven times more than an equivalent facility back home, a ...

The far-right leader rose to power on an anti-migrant ticket. Under the five-year plan, Italy would operate two migrant centers on territory belonging to Albania, a non-EU country, with the ...

A report highlights the exorbitant costs of Italy's migrant detention center in Albania, costing far more than similar ...

The November 2023 agreement between Italy and Albania — worth nearly 800 million euros over five years — allows up to 3,000 migrants intercepted by the Italian coast guard in international ...

MILAN, Italy — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of European Union borders in Albania hit another snag on Monday when a court in Rome refused to rule on ...

Italy has once again transferred migrants to Albania, despite previous legal defeats, after an Italian Navy ship carrying 49 refugees docked in the port of the Albanian city of Shëngjin, the ...

Migrants disembark an Italian Navy ship, as Italy sent 49 people to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections to Albania, in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

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

An Italian navy ship approaches the port, as Italy sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections, in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

“The Italy-Albania Protocol violates the code of medical ethics and human rights and puts the physical and psychological health of migrants at risk,” the statement said.

Instead, Italy wants to pick migrants up in international waters and transfer them to Albania. “If (the high court) follows the approach of the advocate general, I think this would basically open the ...

SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship arrived Tuesday in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian ...