Blog: Managing Migration the Italian Way: The “Innovative” Italy-Albania Deal under Scrutiny
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In 2023, Italy and Albania concluded a Protocol that allows Italy both to process asylum applications through an accelerated border procedure lasting up to 28 days and to carry out returns in Albania. Italy has built two centers for this purpose that opened on October 14. One, in Shengjin, is meant to register asylum applications and identify vulnerable applicants who cannot be subjected to the border procedure and should thus be returned to Italy. The second, in Gjader, is divided into three sections: one, with 880 places, for asylum seekers; another, with 144 places, for migrants awaiting repatriation; and a third, with 20 places, for migrants undergoing criminal proceedings. According to the Protocol the capacity could increase to up to 3000 places in total (Art. 4).
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