Series of setbacks for the Italian government Since then, over 70 migrants -- mainly from Africa and South Asia -- have been transferred to Albania in three different groups. The first ship ...

Meloni’s government ‘doing everything it can to block illegal migrants’, as Left-wing accused of wanting to welcome anybody ...

An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to ...

EU officials say they have tried other arrangements, but less than 20% of people told to leave the bloc actually do so.

In 2023, Italy signed a deal with Albania to house up to 3,000 male migrants while their asylum claims are processed. Two purpose-built detention centers will cost Rome 670 million euros ($730 million ...

The original case did not involve Italy, but Italian judges said the sentence nonetheless raised doubts about the government's plan to send migrants detained in Albania back home if their asylum ...

The Italian Senate said on Wednesday it has ratified an agreement with Albania on the mutual recognition of social insurance, ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes the news of the temporary suspension of operations at the Italian centres in Albania. Recent reports indicate that the Italian workers are being sent ...

Meanwhile, both Italian officials and NGO experts monitoring the situation in Albania have already left the country "until further notice." Francesco Ferri, a migration expert at ActionAid ...