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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Italy began the defence of their European Championship crown with a narrow 2-1 win against Albania in Dortmund. Albania scored the fastest goal in Euros history after Nedim Bajrami collected ...

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.

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 ...

Davide Frattesi and Kristjan Asllani will have a chance to fight for their place at Inter Milan with the arrival of Cristian ...