An Egyptian migrant has returned to Italy due to “vulnerability” concerns, Italian activists and lawmakers reported on Saturday. He was among eight individuals sent to an Albanian processing centre after being intercepted at sea.
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Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi announced Wednesday that Italy must establish over 8,000 new places for migrant accommodation by 2026 as mandated by the EU’s asylum procedure regulation.
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Monday that migrant arrivals totalled 5,500 people on Italy’s shores in October, marking a 29% drop from September’s figure of 7,685 arrivals.
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Operations to transfer migrants to Albania, where they will stay in newly opened Italian-run centres will continue regularly, government sources stated on Saturday.
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The Italian navy ship Libra arrived at the port of Shengjin, Albania, early Wednesday. It carried the first 16 migrants to be processed in Italian-run centres in Albania, according to ANSA sources.
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Migrant arrivals have dropped by 62% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to figures released on Sunday.
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Approximately fifty migrants are missing after their sailing boat capsized around one hundred miles off the Calabrian coast, Italian coastguard sources reported on Monday.
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Two new migrant centres run by Italy in Albania will be operational from 1st August, Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday.
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The NGO rescue ship Sea Eye arrived in Reggio Calabria on Sunday. It disembarked the 144 migrants and refugees who were aboard the ship. Among the group are 20 unaccompanied minors, 2 newborn babies, and various family units.
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Albania’s top court has given approval to a controversial deal allowing Rome to redirect asylum seekers, attempting to reach Italy, to the western Balkan nation. Two asylum centres are “in line with consitution”
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