Europe's top court questioned the legitimacy of the "safe countries" list Italy uses to send migrants to Albania.

Klodian Matija arrived in Italy 27 years ago from Albania. He landed on the Italian coast aboard a rubber dinghy when he was ...

Italy has signed a deal with Albania, where it planned to process up to 36,000 asylum seekers per year. The European Union’s ...

Controversially, Italy’s safe-countries list includes Bangladesh and Egypt. Italian judges blocked the scheme on suspicion ...

A ruling by the EU's top court has dealt a further blow to Italy's attempts to create a fast-track system in Albania for ...

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

The November 2023 agreement between Italy and Albania — worth nearly 800 million euros over five years — allows up to 3,000 migrants intercepted by the Italian coast guard in international ...

Italy has once again transferred migrants to Albania, despite previous legal defeats, after an Italian Navy ship carrying 49 refugees docked in the port of the Albanian city of Shëngjin, the ...

Migrants disembark an Italian Navy ship, as Italy sent 49 people to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections to Albania, in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Italy’s far-right government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni approved a decree last month that expanded the use of the Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include the detention of ...

An Italian navy ship approaches the port, as Italy sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections, in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.