Rome is completing the repatriation of most of the 295 police officers and social workers intended to manage the Shëngjin and Gjadër detention centers. These centers, whose construction and management are estimated at nearly 1 billion euros over five years, have in fact been shut down by the Italian justice system.
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With our correspondent in Rome, Anne Le Nir
The groups of migrants taken between October and November in Albaniaor 24 men, mostly of Egyptian and Bangladeshi origin, were returned to Italy by order of the court of Rome.
This court also referred the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union to obtain its opinion on the legality of the detention centers in Albania and the list drawn up by Rome of 19 “ safe countries “, that is to say where fundamental rights are supposed to be respected.
As a result, the relocation of migrants to Albania is blocked, at least until the Court of Cassation of Rome rules, to which the government has appealed to verify whether the courts can retain their discretionary power in the evaluation of a ” safe country “. So almost all the Italian personnel who were in Albania are brought back to Italy.
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Decision of the Court of Cassation in December
The Court of Cassation will deliver its decision in December. But the delays for the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union will be very long.
Signed at the end of 2023 by Giorgia Meloni and his Albanian counterpart, Edi Ramathe agreement between Rome and Tirana, has a duration of five years and concerns adult men intercepted by the Italian Navy or Coast Guard in their search and rescue zone in international waters.
According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 60,613 migrants arrived in Italy between January 1 and November 11, 2024, compared to 151,363 over the same period in 2023.
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