The European Commission is backing Italy in its innovative but controversial protocol with Albania to process migrants in the ...

SHENGJIN, Albania — An Italian navy ship on Saturday took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by ...

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Italy has agreed to welcome those migrants who are granted asylum, while those whose applications are rejected face deportation directly from Albania. The deal was struck as many EU states seek to ...

Meloni’s government ‘doing everything it can to block illegal migrants’, as Left-wing accused of wanting to welcome anybody Italy is to turn its Albania migrant processing centres into ...

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 ...

This was the first group of migrants to be processed, after courts in Italy refused to approve the transfer to Albania of two groups brought there last year. The 43 asylum-seekers did not have ...

MILAN — Italian authorities on Thursday rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process ...