Italy approves new decree to use Albanian migration centers as repatriation hubs

New Risks from Latest Scheme under Italy-Albania Immigration Deal

Click to expand Image A member of the Italian Army stands in front of an immigration detention camp built by Italy in Gjader, Albania, October 11, 2024. © 2024 Florion Goga/Reuters After building immigration facilities in Albania that now stand empty, the Italian government has decided to turn one of them into an offshore detention center. But this will only replicate the problems already seen in detention centers within Italy.The facility in Gj…

The United Nations Human Rights Committee talks about potential conflicts between the Italy-Albania Protocol and the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the 1966 treaty, direct emanation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It does so in the Concluding Remarks on Albania's third periodic report, part of the monitoring activity for the implementation of the UN Convention.

Channel migrants could be booted out of UK and sent abroad to 'return hubs'

Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas 'return hubs' to house asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected and all appeals exhausted.

“According to our information, Italian national law will apply at the center,” explains a spokesperson for the EU Commission

The spokesperson for the Minister of the Interior: we will monitor the application. The legislation is national and respects European parameters on the right of asylum.

The original function dedicated to accelerated border procedures, however, remains waiting to be reactivated, in view of the next moves of international judges.