Italian authorities say they have transferred a group of 26 rejected migrants to Italian-run detention centers in Albania.

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 ...

One year after Albania's parliament ratified the country's controversial migration centers deal with Italy, the two migrant holding centers constructed in Shengjin and Gjader stand completely empty.

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 ...

SHENGJIN, Albania — Italian authorities on Friday transferred 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run migration detention centers in Albania. It was the first time ...

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 ...

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 ...

These substitutes need to have an impact for Albania. On the rare occasion they get the ball, Italy have been suffocating them and yet it is still 2-1, they're not out of it just yet ...

That was indeed Albania's final chance as the referee whistles for final time. Not a vintage performance by Italy but they did enough to come from behind and control most of the rest of the match.