Italy’s Migrant Detention Hubs in Albania Undermine Human Rights, Says Amnesty
Amnesty says the plan lets Italy bypass asylum access and judicial checks while EU rules now allow faster claims from 74 people transferred to Albania.
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Human Rights Watchdog Urges Italy, Albania to End Offshore Migrant Detention
Amnesty International said in a new report that the Italian-Albanian deal for the offshore detention of asylum seekers and migrants is “jeopardising people’s safety, liberty and human rights”.
On Thursday, 20 August, the NGO published a report on the risks of inhuman treatment and non-respect of rights in the camps of Gjadër and Shëngjin, in the wake of the 2024 agreement between Rome and Tirana, which Europe wants to inspire.
Amnesty demands EU stops ‘outsourcing asylum’ and accuses Meloni of authoritarian tricks to push Albania deal
Amnesty International is demanding the EU stop outsourcing asylum, in a report critical of Italy’s controversial deal with Albania to fast-track deportations of people deemed to come from countries considered ‘safe’. But the NGO’s appeal, along with the EU recommendations due to be published later on Thursday (20 August), is likely to fall on deaf ears as the European Commission instead presses member states to further embed their self-declared …
The operation of these centres financed by Italy, which was the result of an agreement between Rome and Tirana in 2023, is described as particularly opaque. The human rights organisation denounces a situation "concerning", while Giorgia Meloni wants to expand the system.
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