Feb 1, 2025 · Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was berated by the political opposition on Saturday after her plan to process up to 3,000 asylum-seekers a month in Albania was rejected by Italian judges for a third time.

Jun 5, 2024 · Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has traveled to Albania to thank its government for its unique and controversial role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims.

Nov 12, 2024 · ROME — The Italian coast guard on Tuesday transported seven Bangladeshi and Egyptian men held in Albania to Italy after judges in Rome blocked Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plans to hold migrants outside Italy.

Feb 1, 2025 · SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship on Saturday took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country.

Oct 21, 2024 · Italy’s right-wing government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, approved a decree on Monday aimed at bypassing the legal obstacles of a controversial deal with Albania to detain and process migrants’ asylum claims in offshore centers.

Oct 15, 2024 · Italy is setting an example for the rest of Europe by sending migrants to third countries to process their asylum requests, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, dismissing concerns...

Feb 1, 2025 · Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faced fierce criticism from opposition parties and human rights advocates over the weekend following the third rejection by Italian judges of her controversial plan to process asylum-seekers in Albania.

Oct 21, 2024 · Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scrambling to salvage her controversial scheme to hold irregular migrants in offshore centres in Albania, after an Italian court ordered the first...

Nov 13, 2024 · It was on the ruins of the old local air base, abandoned since the fall of communism in 1991, that Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni decided to erect the symbol of her highly restrictive...

Jan 31, 2025 · ROME - A Rome court on Friday ordered a group of migrants detained in camps built in Albania to be transferred to Italy, sources said, dealing a fresh blow to a plan by Prime Minister Giorgia...