Albania
More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds
Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
03, Jan, 2025 @3:51 PM
‘It cost €1bn and it’s a dog shelter’: red faces as Italy’s Albania migrant centres lie empty
With Giorgia Meloni’s plan in tatters, one centre is housing stray dogs adopted by bored Italian guards
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
24, Dec, 2024 @7:05 AM
Italian police and social workers leave Albania after staffing empty migrant centres
Centres had been open for over a month but received just 24 asylum seekers, whose detention was deemed unlawful
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
24, Nov, 2024 @1:51 PM
Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis
Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’
Oliver Milman
23, Nov, 2024 @11:00 AM
Italy’s Albania asylum deal has become a political disaster for Giorgia Meloni
Pact hailed as EU migration breakthrough in tatters after judges rule asylum seekers must be transferred to Italy
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
14, Nov, 2024 @1:35 PM
Italian judges strike another blow against Meloni’s Albania asylum deal
Far-right government angrily condemns ruling that seven men detained in Albania must be transferred to Italy
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
11, Nov, 2024 @6:50 PM
Hollywood’s villains were once Russian or Chinese. Now they’re us – people from the Balkans | Ana Schnabl
Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s new film Wolfs shows that while geopolitical realities have changed, western prejudice hasn’t, says Slovenian novelist Ana Schnabl
Ana Schnabl
30, Oct, 2024 @7:00 AM
Blow to Meloni’s Albania deal as court orders asylum seekers’ return to Italy
Judges’ decision on 12 men held in Italian migration hub in Albania also casts doubt on EU’s hardline plans
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, Jon Henley and Ashifa Kassam
18, Oct, 2024 @4:14 PM
Von der Leyen to ask EU leaders to explore using ‘return hubs’ for migrants
European Commission president cites Italy-Albania deal as possible model for reducing irregular arrivals to Europe
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Angela Giuffrida in Rome
15, Oct, 2024 @5:47 PM
Italy sends first asylum seekers to Albania under controversial pact
Men from countries deemed safe are transferred to Albania to have asylum claims processed
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
15, Oct, 2024 @9:53 AM
Italian migration centres open in Albania under controversial deal
Fears agreement will set dangerous EU precedent with up to 3,000 men a month held during asylum processing
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
11, Oct, 2024 @11:16 AM
Meloni-themed restaurant opens near asylum-seeker camp in Albania
Trattoria Meloni contains 70 portraits of Italian PM and is near site where arrivals to the EU are processed
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
24, Sep, 2024 @5:02 PM
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