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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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Opposition supporters in Albania protest alleged corruption in Cabinet
10 months ago

Opposition supporters in Albania protest alleged corruption in Cabinet

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of supporters of Albania’s opposition held a protest Tuesday accusing the Cabinet of corruption. Since October, opposition lawmakers have regularly disrupted parliament sessions to protest the ruling left-wing Socialists’ refusal to create parliamentary commissions to investigate alleged cases of corruption involving Prime Minister Edi Rama and other top officials. Tuesday’s protest also showed support for former …

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‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again

Al Jazeera  

As Albanians continue to flock to the West, causing a ‘brain drain’, one family recounts a hair-raising tale of escape – and return. Pogradec, Albania – Almost every evening during the summer of 1975, Bajram Fezollari’s father, Feridon, would take him on a walk along the banks of Lake Ohrid. Feridon, a 16-year-old Bajram and 14 members of their extended …

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Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK
1 year, 8 months ago

Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK

Associated Press  

BAJRAM CURRI, Albania — Monika Mulaj’s son was in his second year of college in Albania, studying to become a mechanical engineer, when he resolved to make a daring change: He told his parents he would leave his lifelong home for a new future in Britain. The deputy mayor of Bajram Curri, Abedin Kernaja, said young people leave because of …

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Why you should swap packed Greece for the beautiful, quieter beaches of Albania
2 years, 3 months ago

Why you should swap packed Greece for the beautiful, quieter beaches of Albania

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With a mountainous landscape overlooking crystalline waters and relatively sleepy pebble beaches, the Albanian riviera is …

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Afghan evacuees enjoy Albania but have eyes set on Canada
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghan evacuees enjoy Albania but have eyes set on Canada

Associated Press  

GOLEM, Albania — One Afghan teacher calls Albania a “paradise” while a former Afghan government official cannot get enough of “the freedom” that exists in the tiny Western Balkan country where they were evacuated to after the Taliban took over their homeland. The resort shelters 571 Afghan evacuees plucked from their “fearsome and chaotic” country, as Fareidoon Hakimi, who has …

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Evacuated Afghan activist dreams of going back home one day
3 years, 3 months ago

Evacuated Afghan activist dreams of going back home one day

Associated Press  

GOLEM, Albania — Ghazaal Habibyar is in an Albanian tourist resort, safe with her husband and three children after being evacuated from Afghanistan. “Those people who have lost their lives, they have families, they’re very young people.” She and her family are among 607 Afghans being housed in Albania since Friday. This small country has given an outsized welcome to …

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Bajrami beats FIFA in court, can switch to play for Albania
3 years, 3 months ago

Bajrami beats FIFA in court, can switch to play for Albania

The Hindu  

In a win over FIFA at sport’s highest court, Empoli midfielder Nedim Bajrami won the right Monday to switch national teams from Switzerland to Albania. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its panel upheld an appeal by Bajrami and the Albania football federation against a FIFA judge rejecting their request in May. READ: Henry to stay with Belgium through …

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Bajrami beats FIFA in court, can switch to play for Albania
3 years, 3 months ago

Bajrami beats FIFA in court, can switch to play for Albania

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — In a win over FIFA at sport’s highest court, Empoli midfielder Nedim Bajrami won the right Monday to switch national teams from Switzerland to Albania. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its panel upheld an appeal by Bajrami and the Albania soccer federation against a FIFA judge rejecting their request in May. “The panel considered that …

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