Friday, November 10, 2023

Italy's deal with Albania on migrant camps

Bravo Prime Minister Meloni! Sometimes it takes unconventional measures to deal with an important and urgent issue!

The cap of 3,000 seems to be too tight! 

"Albania will hold a maximum of 3,000 migrants at any one time under a deal announced this week allowing Italy to build two migrant reception and detention camps there, official documents showed on Wednesday.

The scheme is the first example of a non-EU country accepting migrants on behalf of an EU nation, and is part of an bloc-wide drive to clamp down on irregular immigration. ...
The figure compares with the more than 145,000 sea migrants who have arrived in Italy so far this year, a sharp increase from 2022 which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government is keen to contain. ..."

Italy's deal with Albania on migrant camps capped at 3,000 migrants | Reuters



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