SHENGJIN, Albania: An Italian navy ship carrying a small group of migrants docked in an Albanian port on Friday (Nov 8) in an attempt by Rome to salvage a plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles. The ship arrived before 8am, a Reuters reporter said.
Italian navy ship Libra carrying migrants arrives in Albania, as part of a deal with Italy to process thousands of asylum-seekers caught near Italian waters, in Shengjin, Albania, on Nov 8, 2024. SHENGJIN, Albania: An Italian navy ship carrying a small group of migrants docked in an Albanian port on Friday in an attempt by Rome to salvage a plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles.
Italy has built two reception centres in Albania under the first project by a European Union nation to divert migrants to a non-EU country. The facilities in Shengjin and Gjader are staffed by Italian personnel. Italy sent an initial group of 16 migrants to Albania last month but they were all brought back within days, the majority of them after a Rome court ruled they could not be held in the Balkan country because of concerns about their legal status.
The first group of migrants came from Egypt and Bangladesh, two of 22 countries that Italy had classified as safe, meaning the government believed they could be rapidly repatriated.
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