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In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a new Return Regulation. Among other planned measures, the one of the ...

When the tiny village of Gjadër in northwestern Albania got word that a migrant detention facility was to be built on a disused military airbase, plenty of locals were dismayed. Aleksander Preka ...

If they are denied asylum in Italy, they will then be deported back to their countries of origin at Italy’s expense. The Albanian off-shoring scheme was designed as a deterrent for those trying ...

He said Albania felt an expression of gratitude for the tens of thousands of Albanians who were welcomed by Italy when communism fell in 1991, or support extended by Rome during the economic ...

The Italian government is facing a new set of challenges as it prepares to open two migrant processing centers in Albania in October where men rescued at sea en route to Italy will be ...

GJADER, Albania — Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy may see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a ...

ROME — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders.

Italy has an unusual new immigration policy. It's deporting asylum-seekers to neighboring Albania. That country has agreed to process them. The first batch of migrants arrived there this month.

But this will only replicate the problems already seen in detention centers within Italy. The facility in Gjader, Albania, was built to accommodate and process adult male asylum seekers that ...

Albania's prime minister on Tuesday said Tirana had turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum-seekers but made an exception for Italy.