Rome (dpa) – An Italian court docket has dominated that seven migrants held in an offshore asylum-processing centre in EU candidate nation Albania should be dropped at Italy, in one other setback for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni‘s new migration scheme. The boys had been to be taken to Italy as early as Tuesday.
The boys, who initially come from Egypt and Bangladesh, had been picked up by an Italian Navy ship final week within the Mediterranean and had been taken to the centre in Albania to have their asylum claims processed. 5 of their purposes have already been denied, however the Italian judges have additionally postponed their deportations.
The 2 asylum-processing centres in Albania have solely been in operation since final month, however have remained empty for many of that point.
The primary group of males to be taken to the centres in October, additionally of Egyptian and Bangladeshi origin, had been in the end allowed to journey on to Italy after a court docket dominated that neither Egypt nor Bangladesh is taken into account secure – a prerequisite for processing within the offshore camps.
Meloni’s right-wing authorities has since issued a decree establishing a brand new listing of 19 supposedly secure nations of origin, which incorporates Egypt and Bangladesh. Nonetheless, the Italian court docket has requested that the European Court docket of Justice, the EU’s highest authorized authority, evaluations the decree. Underneath EU legislation, neither Bangladesh nor Egypt are labeled as secure nations of origin.
Italy is the primary nation within the EU to course of asylum claims in camps outdoors the EU. The scheme is being intently watched by different European governments, a number of of that are contemplating following an analogous method. (11 November)
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