Italy Will Pay to Send Migrants to Albania, Meloni Says
- Italy has agreed to manage two migration centers in Albania
- Meloni says the deal is in line with European Union rules
Giorgia Meloni and Edi Rama during a news conference following an agreement on migration centers at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Nov. 6.
Photographer: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images
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Italy will finance two migration centers it will set up in Albania, following an agreement reached this week between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Albania’s Edi Rama.
Rome has agreed to build and manage two centers to manage the arrival of migrants who landed in Italy, and to process asylum applications and the possible repatriation of immigrants. Both centers could process 3,000 border procedures and police from the two countries will work together, Meloni said in an interview to Rome newspaper il Messaggero on Tuesday.