Albania’s parliament approves anti-immigration agreement with Italy
| The Albanian parliament also gave the green light for the construction of refugee reception centers with Italian financial support to accommodate migrants arrested in Italy, which is done in the form of an anti-immigration agreement with Rome. |
On Thursday, the parliament of this country approved the migration agreement with Italy, which allows the construction of a camp for this purpose in this Balkan country. 77 out of 140 delegates voted for this anti-immigration treaty with Italy. Based on this, this EU country can open two camps in Albania, which is not a member of the EU.
Immigrants after entering this country must be checked in one camp and in one camp until they are processed. They are being held for asylum. The Italian government hopes to handle up to 3000 cases per month. After that, the refugees or migrants are either allowed to enter Italy and the European Union or are sent back. transfers to another country, tried to stop this law. The Constitutional Court rejected this complaint last month.
The European Union Commission had announced that these Italian plans would not violate EU laws. Meanwhile, Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed concern about this and announced that there is a risk of arbitrary detention in the shadow of such a plan. Indeed, Italy had promised during the election campaign to reduce the number of new arrivals and asylum seekers. In fact, since he took office in October 2022, immigration to the country has increased significantly. With various international agreements, he now wants to ensure that fewer refugees and migrants come to the country.
The Italian parliament also recently approved the government’s controversial immigration deal with Albania to deal with the influx of migrants. .
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama announced this initiative last November. Albania will then house up to 36,000 migrants in two centers for a year, while Italy processes their asylum applications in a fast-track process.
Italy has long sought help from other countries. The European Union is to accept tens of thousands of immigrants who arrive in this country every year. Albania hopes to join the EU, and Italy has strongly backed its bid.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the deal as an important initiative to tackle migration. However, human rights groups expressed concern that Italy would abandon its international obligations in the shadow of this agreement.
The Italian opposition called this agreement a costly publicity exercise on the eve of the European elections in This year, he described a shameful attempt to turn Albania into Italy’s Guantanamo. Amnesty International also warned against human rights violations resulting from this agreement, especially due to the automatic and potentially long-term detention of migrants. /p>
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