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Migrants in Albania asylum requests rejected
All asylum requests of 43 migrants at an innovative but controversial new Italian-run processing centre in Albania have been rejected, officials said Thursday after six of the original 49, two adults adjudged vulnerable and four minors,
Will it be third time lucky for Italy-Albania asylum scheme?
Italy's attempt to house migrants in non-EU member state Albania while it processes their asylum applications has already failed twice. Despite two failed attempts last October and November, the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is still determined to process migrant asylum applications in Albania,
Italy restarts bid to deport migrants to Albania
Italian naval ship lands 49 people in Albania in a third transfer under controversial 2023 deal between Rome and Tirana.
Italy Resumes Controversial Migrant Transfers To Albania
Italy has restarted its contentious program of sending asylum seekers picked up in the Mediterranean to Albania, months after jud
Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania
Italy says it is transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts.
Italy Begins Shipping Migrants to Albania, Reviving Stalled Program
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s first attempt to have asylum seekers held for assessment overseas was immediately blocked by judges. Now another is underway.
Italy takes back 5 migrants transferred to Albania
Remaining 44 migrants being held at Albania’s Gjader facility, where their asylum applications to be processed - Anadolu Ajansı
Italy resumes Albania migrant plan despite legal hurdles
The Italian government's latest attempt to establish functional migrant camps in Albania saw asylum seekers loaded onto the navy vessel Cassiopea off Lampedusa on Sunday. The Cassiopea was expected to reach the port of Shengjin on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, despite ongoing legal challenges, reported the Associated Press.
Italy denies asylum for 43 migrants relocated to Albania, and observers say they were denied lawyers
Italian authorities have rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process said illegally deprived
Waiting for decision on migrants in Albania: what happens now?
The Court of Appeal in Rome is at the center of a major issue regarding migrants’ rights. It is currently hearing validation ...
Italian navy ship drops off 49 migrants in Albania despite previous court rejections
An Italian navy ship has dropped off 49 migrants in Albania after intercepting them in international waters, in the third ...
Albania to create a Vatican-style, sovereign Muslim state in capital Tirana
If created, the enclave for the Islamic Sufi order would be one of the world's smallest states. Read more at straitstimes.com ...
Albania to create a Vatican-style, Bektashi state in Tirana
Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in ...
European court finds Italy violated the right to life of Naples residents living in toxic dump area
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted ...
CT restaurant group expanding portfolio with Mexican cantina featuring food ‘made with love’
The DORO Restaurant Group is continuing its expansion in the Greater Hartford area with another tasty stop for food lovers.
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Trump’s clean-out Gaza plan: A reprehensible licence for ethnic cleansing
In what is clearly a cat-out-of-the-bag case, the newly sworn-in President of the United States, Donald Trump, revealed his ...
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Denmark's push for offshore asylum back on table as EU ministers talk migration
Should the EU set up migrant return centres outside the bloc -- and if so, where and for whom? European home affairs ministers began thrashing out the explosive question during talks Thursday in ...