Latest push to process migrants in Balkan country despite court challenge comes amid increase in boat arrivals
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Italy has transported 49 people to Albania, in the latest push by Giorgia Meloni’s government to enforce a legally disputed plan to have asylum claims processed in the Balkan country as part of a hardline policy critics have called “disgraceful”.
The Italian navy ship Cassiopeia arrived at Shëngjinport on Tuesday morning carrying passengers intercepted on Saturday in the Mediterranean south of the island of Lampedusa. They will be identified and have a health check before being transferred to a detention centre in Gjadër,about 12 miles away.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/italy-sends-49-refugees-to-albania-in-bid-to-resume-disputed-scheme
Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Publish date : 2025-01-28 13:33:55
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