More migrants to be taken to Albania under Italy deal despite sentences
Another group of migrants boarded the Italian Navy ship Libra on November 4 to be transferred to Albania, even though judges are continuing not to validate the practice.
Another group of migrants boarded the Italian Navy ship Libra on November 4 to be transferred to Albania, even though judges are continuing not to validate the practice.
A considerable number of migrants reached the Sicilian island of Lampedusa and the Calabrian city of Crotone in recent days. Nearly 800 people arrived on Lampedusa between Monday and Tuesday.
Migrants in a Bari reception center staged a three-hour protest over poor living conditions, sparked by the recent death of a fellow migrant who allegedly lacked adequate medical care.
The UK has offered direct relocation to asylum seekers stranded on Diego Garcia, a remote British territory in the Indian Ocean, ending a previous plan for temporary transfer to Romania.
The Italian government, led by Premier Giorgia Meloni, is pressing ahead with its immigration policy despite recent court rulings concerning new migrant centers opened in Albania and criticism from the opposition. Officials are prom1