Western Europe
Italy Begins the Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Albania
Following a complex legal challenge last fall, Italy has now moved forward with its contested asylum policy by transferring forty migrants to Albania. This marks an unprecedented moment in European migration policy, as the first documented case of asylum seekers being sent to a third country with no direct connection to their origin or migration route.
Court Ruling Challenges Italy's Albanian Migration Plan Amid Growing Debate
Italy's plan to process migrants in Albania faces legal challenges after a Rome court ruled the return of migrants to their countries unsafe and unlawful. While Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defends the deal as a European model, critics raise concerns about human rights violations and tensions between national policies and European law.