Italian judges deal new blow to Albania migrant scheme

The ruling challenges Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to process migrants outside the EU, highlighting conflicts between Italian and European immigration laws.
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – NOVEMBER 7: Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives for the European Political Community summit at Puskas Arena on November 7, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. This is the fifth meeting of the EPC, which was created in 2022 and brings together leaders from the 27 European Union countries and 20 others. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

The ruling challenges Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to process migrants outside the EU, highlighting conflicts between Italian and European immigration laws.

In a new setback for Rome, Italian judges on Monday, November 11, refused to allow a group of migrants to be held in Italian-run facilities in Albania, sending the case to Europe’s highest rights court. The seven men in question are anticipated to be moved to Italy soon, which is the second setback to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource migrant processing to non-EU Albania.

The policy is being closely scrutinized by Europe and the refusal to validate the detention requests comes despite the hard-right government’s efforts to prevent challenges to the controversial scheme by changing Italian law.

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