Italian officials have confirmed that Italy’s controversial new migrant processing centers in Albania won’t be operational for several more weeks because of construction delays.
A migrant center, right, is seen from above in the port of Shengjin, northwest Albania , Thursday, July 25, 2024. Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy are likely to see themselves transported to Albania from 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.
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 were originally supposed to have opened.and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama inked the controversial agreement last year, under which some adult male migrants rescued at sea while trying to reach Italy would be taken instead to Albania while their asylum claims are processed.
Those who are sent to Albania will retain their right under international and European Union law to apply for asylum in Italy and have their claims processed there, but their movement in and out of the centers in Albania will be restricted.Hong Kong hits back at Italy’s protest against fencer Cheung’s win with posts on pineapple pizzaas an example of “out-of-box thinking” on tackling the issue of migration into the European Union.
“It is shameful that, despite all the criticism and concerns raised by human rights organizations, the Italian government has decided to go ahead with this agreement,” Eve Geddie, director of Amnesty’s European institutions office, said in a statement.
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