Published 15 October 2024 at 14.58
Foreign. Italy's two new asylum and migration centers in Albania are now ready for operation, Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Bucci announced at a press conference in Albania.
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The two centres, located east and north-west of Tirana, will receive up to 3,000 illegal immigrants “rescued” by the Italian coast guard at sea.
The asylum applications of the immigrants will be handled by Italian staff on the ground in Albania, before a decision is made whether they can stay in Italy or be deported to their home countries.
The project has attracted interest among other EU countries that hope for similar solutions, but also criticism. The left questions whether the conditions in the camps will be as good as if the illegal immigrants had been taken care of in Italy.
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