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 processing asylum applications offshore. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ...

ROME/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top court on Friday questioned the legitimacy of the "safe countries" list Italy uses to send migrants to Albania and fast-track their asylum claims, in a fresh blow ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during the joint statement with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on a day of the first intergovernmental summit between Italy and Albania, at Villa Doria ...

ROME, July 24 (Reuters) - The migrant detention hub Italy has set up in Albania has cost seven times more than an equivalent facility back home, a study by the ActionAid Italy charity and the ...

One year after Italy opened migrant camps in Albania intended to hold people intercepted at sea, the legally contested centres lie almost empty. Numerous NGOs have criticised living conditions inside ...

With the direct deportation of five Egyptians from Tirana to Cairo, rights groups and legal experts say Italy’s offshore migration strategy has taken an ominous turn. On May 9, a charter plane flew ...

Meloni relaunches plan to detain migrants in Albania Scheme initially stalled due to issues with EU law Meloni hopes new immigration laws will enable camps to operate ROME, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Italy's ...