Italy's government on Monday passed a decree aimed at overcoming court objections to its flagship immigration plan that is aimed at deterring boat migrants by sending them to detention camps in Albania.

The Italian right-wing government has said it intends to continue to pursue plans to examine asylum applications outside the EU, despite a legal defeat over the processing of the first group of migrants that arrived at Italy's new camps set up in Albania.

Italy's government was set to adopt on Monday a decree aimed at overruling court objections to its flagship plan to set up migrant detention camps in Albania to deter sea arrivals from North Africa. The plan,

Italy’s far-right government has approved a new decree aimed at overcoming judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial migration deal with Albania.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni hopes to have saved her plan to process migrants entering the country in Albania after her Cabinet agreed a new decree to try to placate the courts. Her initial plans were defeated by judges,

Italy's hard-right government passed a new law Monday to overcome legal opposition to a migrant deal with Albania, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused judges of political bias.

The move comes as a court in Rome cast doubt on the legality and feasibility of the deal, which was agreed between Albania and Italy to limit migrant arrivals. View on euronews