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'Migrant centers in Albania like prison camps' say Italian unions

Italian prison officers' unions have protested the deployment of 50 correctional officers to Albania to guard new migrant holding facilities

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Albanians Scent Profit in Italy’s Costly Offshore Migrant Processing Plan

An Italian opposition MP has lambasted the start of the scheme to process migrants in Albania as a fiasco - but locals living near the new f

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MEPs approve list of "safe countries" excluded from asylum - DutchNews.nl

The European Parliament has given the green light to the first list of “safe countries of origin” whose citizens will no longer be able to s

The European Parliament has given the green light to the first list of “safe countries of origin” whose citizens will no longer be able to seek asylum in the EU. The list includes Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Kosovo, India, Morocco and Tunisia as well as EU candidate countries such as the Western Balkans nations, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. The Netherlands scrapped its own list of safe countries last September, following a series of rulings by the European Court of Justice that placed limits on which regions were eligible. Under the EU rules, member states will be able to examine asylum applications from safe countries with an accelerated procedure which can be carried out at the border or in transit zones. It will be up to the asylum seeker to prove that there is a real threat of persecution or serious harm if they return. EU member states will also be able to designate other countries as safe, a measure that will only apply at national level.

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Migrant center in Albania ready 'in a few weeks'

Italian officials have confirmed further delays in the opening of two new migrant processing centers in Albania. ANSA reports from one of th

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Italy misses August 1 target date of sending migrants to Albania

A report published by a group of Italian lawyers and legal scholars after a June visit to the migrant reception sites in Albania raises conc

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19 EU nations want to process migrant arrivals abroad

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Tories consider sending migrants to Ascension Island if Rwanda plan fails

Advice sought on using remote British overseas territory – with a population of only 900 – in ‘offshoring’ plan

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‘Hundreds’ likely to be sent to Rwanda each year – minister

Dominic Raab said he wanted to ‘manage expectations’ about the plan.