Independent readers question Italy’s Albania scheme – but still want Starmer to act on migration
3 months ago

Independent readers question Italy’s Albania scheme – but still want Starmer to act on migration

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Sir Keir Starmer has set tongues wagging this week, after apparently showing “great interest” in Italy’s controversial scheme to send migrants to be processed offshore. It came as the country’s leader Giorgia Meloni defended her deal with Albania, brushing aside humanitarian concerns as “completely groundless”. BayLeaf Labour’s ‘open-door’ stance We could easily implement laws that would make the UK less attractive to illegal migrants. Lubilu ‘Invest in safe routes instead’ That’s disturbing, Italy investing in the UK in their arms manufacturing company Leonardo, while Starmer invests in Meloni’s “Rome Process” scheme in Albania for “irregular” migrants.

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Is Italy's plan to outsource migrant crisis to Albania falling through?
1 month, 1 week ago

Is Italy's plan to outsource migrant crisis to Albania falling through?

Firstpost  

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s plan to process asylum seekers in Albania has faced a setback as a Rome court has declined to detained transferred migrants, leading to their return to Italy and raising legal questions about the safety of their home countries Migrants disembark from the Italian navy ship Libra at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Friday, Nov. 8, …

Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania
1 month, 1 week ago

Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania

Al Jazeera  

Under the deal, people from ‘safe’ countries are to be held in Albania while their claims for asylum are processed. Seven asylum seekers have been sent back to Italy from Albania after a court in Rome refused a formal request to detain them in the Balkan nation, a setback for a contentious programme championed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. …

Italy’s plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy
1 month, 1 week ago

Italy’s plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy

Associated Press  

MILAN — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of European Union borders in Albania hit another snag when a court in Rome refused to rule on a formal request to detain seven migrants transferred to the Balkan nation last week. It is a repeat of what happened with the first 12 migrants in the program, who …

Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania
1 month, 1 week ago

Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania

Hindustan Times  

ROME -A Rome court on Monday asked EU judges to weigh in on the detention of sea migrants in Albania, again frustrating the Italian right-wing government's efforts to pursue its flagship plan to crackdown on irregular arrivals. Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has built migrant camps in Albania to deter Mediterranean crossings, …

Italy’s plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag
1 month, 1 week ago

Italy’s plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag

LA Times  

Migrants disembark from the Italian navy ship Libra at the port of Shengjin in northwestern Albania on Friday. 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 a formal request to detain seven migrants transferred to the Balkan nation …

One of 8 migrants deemed vulnerable returns to Italy from Albania
1 month, 2 weeks ago

One of 8 migrants deemed vulnerable returns to Italy from Albania

Firstpost  

The agreement between Italy and Albania allows up to 3,000 migrants intercepted by the Italian coast guard in international waters each month to be sheltered in Albania, and vetted for possible asylum in Italy or be sent back to their countries. This group represents the second transfer of migrants since the processing centers began operating in October, as part of …

Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania, despite failing to process the first group
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania, despite failing to process the first group

The Independent  

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Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Italian ship takes migrants to Albania in 2nd test of deal to process claims outside the EU

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EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
1 month, 4 weeks ago

EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania

The Independent  

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Why Italy is squarely at the heart of an immigration debate roiling Europe
2 months ago

Why Italy is squarely at the heart of an immigration debate roiling Europe

NPR  

Why Italy is squarely at the heart of an immigration debate roiling Europe Italy's right wing government insists it will continue to process migrant arrivals from North Africa in detention centers in neighboring Albania — despite a court decision that sent individuals back. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Italy's right-wing government has passed a new law so it can proceed with plans …

Italy Rejects Albanian Migrant Deal, Stalling Asylum-Seeker Exodus
2 months ago

Italy Rejects Albanian Migrant Deal, Stalling Asylum-Seeker Exodus

China Daily  

Italy's government has made a fresh legislative effort to get its migration pact with Albania into operation after a court ruling scuppered the move. The agreement, which would have seen Italian-built and funded detention camps put up in Albania, where asylum-seekers would be sent while their applications were processed, was scrapped by a court in Rome due to concerns about …

Italy hopes to save Albania migrant plan
2 months ago

Italy hopes to save Albania migrant plan

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-10-23 09:26 People on a fishing boat move past an Italian coast guard vessel that arrived to transfer migrants, who were intercepted at sea and later detained at a reception facility in Albania, before being returned to Italy after a court in Rome overturned their detention orders, in Shengjin, …

First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
2 months ago

First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy

The Independent  

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Italian ship transfers 16 intercepted migrants to Albania in a first under their new migration plan
2 months ago

Italian ship transfers 16 intercepted migrants to Albania in a first under their new migration plan

LA Times  

Migrants and security officials walk at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania, on Wednesday after disembarking from the Italian navy ship Libra, carrying the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters. An Italian navy ship on Wednesday docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters to be …

Inside Italy's newly opened migrant centres in Albania where refugees will be sent after being intercepted in the Med under plan by Meloni's hard right government
2 months, 1 week ago

Inside Italy's newly opened migrant centres in Albania where refugees will be sent after being intercepted in the Med under plan by Meloni's hard right government

Daily Mail  

Italy's government formally opened two new migrant centres in Albania where refugees will be sent after being intercepted in the Med under a plan by Meloni's hard right government. This aerial photo shows the site of a recently built Italian-run migrant centre at the port of Shengjin, Albania, on October 11 The centres will be used to hold male migrants …

Keir Starmer eyes Italy’s Albania deal, but should the UK outsource its migration crisis? Join The Independent Debate
3 months ago

Keir Starmer eyes Italy’s Albania deal, but should the UK outsource its migration crisis? Join The Independent Debate

The Independent  

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Giorgia Meloni’s Albania migrant deal won’t work here
3 months, 1 week ago

Giorgia Meloni’s Albania migrant deal won’t work here

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Starmer open to offshoring asylum seekers to Albania like Italian scheme
3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer open to offshoring asylum seekers to Albania like Italian scheme

The Independent  

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Starmer opens the door to Albania immigration scheme to replace Rwanda
3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer opens the door to Albania immigration scheme to replace Rwanda

The Telegraph  

Italy has managed to drive down migrant numbers thanks to financial deals with the Tunisian and Libyan governments. Sir Keir added: “Irregular migration will be a feature as it was a feature when I spoke to chancellor Scholz; as it was a feature when I spoke to Emmanuel Macron. Obviously with Macron it was very much about what to do …

Italy confirms construction delays in Albania will push back opening of migrant processing centers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Italy confirms construction delays in Albania will push back opening of migrant processing centers

Associated Press  

ROME — Italian officials confirmed that Italy’s controversial new migrant processing centers in Albania, o riginally scheduled to open Thursday, won’t be operational for several more weeks because of construction delays. An Italian interior ministry spokesman confirmed that Mantovano’s assessment of a weekslong delay, first made on the sidelines of a July 24 conference, remained accurate Thursday when the centers …

From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions

Associated Press  

GJADER, Albania — Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy may see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s behalf. Speaking during a visit to Albania in June, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the …

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania
6 months ago

Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania

Al Jazeera  

The scheme will no doubt prove to be just another costly forum for politically expedient human rights violations. Well, that dream is now becoming a reality for Italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party is overseeing an agreement with the Balkan nation of Albania to open two processing centres for seaborne asylum seekers intercepted en …

Italy’s premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start

LA Times  

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania on Wednesday to thank its government for its unique role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims, and to tour migrant centers she said will be ready in August. Meloni and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama in November signed a five-year deal in which Albania agreed to shelter …

UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration
7 months ago

UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron hailed progress in a U.K.-Albania joint effort to cut illegal migration, saying small boat arrivals from Albania to the U.K. fell by over 90% in 2023 as the two countries fought people smuggling gangs, according to a Foreign Office statement. The statement said “the partnership between the U.K. and Albania stands out …

The EU is watching Albania’s deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy. Rights activists are worried
10 months ago

The EU is watching Albania’s deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy. Rights activists are worried

Associated Press  

MILAN — Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centers on its territory that will be fully run by Italy, under a deal that worries many human rights activists. In January Italy’s lower chamber of parliament approved the novel deal with non-EU member Albania, followed a month later by the Senate. WHAT’S KNOWN ABOUT THE DEAL Under a five-year …

Albania approves contested deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy
10 months ago

Albania approves contested deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups criticise agreement that could see up to 36,000 people a year held in Italian-run asylum-processing centres. Albania’s Parliament has approved a deal signed with Italy that will see authorities hold thousands of asylum seekers rescued in international waters while their applications are processed, drawing criticism from human rights groups. Under the agreement, Albania would hold up to 3,000 …

Italy’s upper chamber gives final OK to deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum process
10 months, 1 week ago

Italy’s upper chamber gives final OK to deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum process

Associated Press  

ROME — The Italian Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a controversial agreement with Albania to house migrants during the processing of their asylum requests, part of the government’s effort to share the migration burden with the rest of Europe. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants at a time in two centers while Italy …

Albania’s Constitutional Court says migration deal with Italy can go ahead if approved
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Albania’s Constitutional Court says migration deal with Italy can go ahead if approved

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Constitutional Court on Monday said a deal can go ahead with Italy under which thousands of migrants rescued at sea by Italian authorities would be sent to Albania while their asylum applications are processed. Under the deal, two centers will be set up in Albania to process asylum applications by people rescued by Italian authorities in …

Italy’s lower chamber of parliament OKs deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum processing
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Italy’s lower chamber of parliament OKs deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum processing

Associated Press  

ROME — Italy’s lower chamber of parliament on Wednesday approved a novel government deal with Albania to house migrants during the processing of their asylum requests, a cornerstone of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s efforts to share the migration burden with the rest of Europe. Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the groundbreaking initiative last November, in which Albania would …

Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers follows worrying trend
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers follows worrying trend

Associated Press  

MILAN — Migration experts and activists on Tuesday panned an agreement between Italy and Albania that would direct thousands of migrants to the Balkan nation while their asylum applications are under review, saying it follows a worrying trend of European Union nations trying to manage migration by looking beyond the bloc’s borders. The European Commission, which supervises the application of …

Migration experts say Italy's deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers violates international law
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration experts say Italy's deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers violates international law

The Independent  

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Italy will send migrants rescued in the Med to reception centres in Albania - as Germany admits 'too many are coming' and considers measures similar to UK's Rwanda plan
1 year, 1 month ago

Italy will send migrants rescued in the Med to reception centres in Albania - as Germany admits 'too many are coming' and considers measures similar to UK's Rwanda plan

Daily Mail  

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said he would examine similar options The Italian-Albanian deal is the first of its kind between EU and non-EU states Tens of thousands of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean will be sent to reception centres in Albania under an Italian scheme hailed by Giorgia Meloni. It comes as Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he too …

Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum seekers follows worrying trend
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum seekers follows worrying trend

LA Times  

Migration experts and activists this week panned an agreement between Italy and Albania that would direct thousands of migrants to the Balkan nation while their asylum applications are under review, saying it follows a worrying trend of European Union nations trying to manage migration by looking beyond the bloc’s borders. The European Commission, which supervises the application of European Union …

Albania agrees to temporarily house migrants who reach Italy while their asylum bids are processed
1 year, 1 month ago

Albania agrees to temporarily house migrants who reach Italy while their asylum bids are processed

Associated Press  

ROME — Albania agreed Monday to give temporary shelter to some of the thousands of migrants who reach Italian shores while their asylum bids are being processed, offering its neighbor across the Adriatic Sea some relief in managing some of the arrivals. If Italy rejects the asylum bids, Albania would deport the migrants. That could help relieve chronic overcrowding at …

Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance
1 year, 3 months ago

Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

The Independent  

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Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day
1 year, 3 months ago

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day

Associated Press  

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. Lampedusa’s mayor, Filippo Mannino, lashed out at the European Union for leaving Italy alone to handle large numbers of arriving …

Tirana protests UK official’s ‘verbal lynching’ of Albanians
1 year, 11 months ago

Tirana protests UK official’s ‘verbal lynching’ of Albanians

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albania on Monday handed a verbal note to the British ambassador to Tirana to protest what it called a “verbal lynching” by a U.K. official in comments about Albanian immigrants in the country. The paper expressed “concern on the last statement of the Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick with discriminatory language about Albanians.” Over the …

Italy tightens rules for asylum seeker rescue ships
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy tightens rules for asylum seeker rescue ships

Al Jazeera  

New measures could see charities who rescue asylum seekers at sea fined and their ships impounded. Italy’s right-wing government has approved new measures to fine charities who rescue asylum seekers at sea and impound their ships if they break new rules, possibly putting thousands of people’s lives in danger. A cabinet decree on Thursday said these ships should request a …

Charity says it has rescued 800 migrants in Mediterranean
3 years, 1 month ago

Charity says it has rescued 800 migrants in Mediterranean

The Independent  

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