It was the first time an EU country sent rejected migrants to a nation outside the EU that is neither their own nor a country they had transited on their journey.

Italian authorities said they were transferring 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run migration detention centres in Albania. It appeared to be the first time a ...

ROME – Italy has just carried out the first deportation linked to its new Albania-based migrant detention centre – but the individual ended up being deported from Italy, not Albania.

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It is not clear how long the rejected asylum-seekers may stay in Albania. In Italy they can be detained for up to 18 months pending deportation. Italy’s far-right-led government of Premier ...

TIRANA, Albania — Italy donated a military ship to Albania on Tuesday to help the country reinforce its army, increase patrolling of its coastline and intensify its participation in NATO missions.

It is not clear how long the migrants may be held in Albania. In Italy they can be detained for up to 18 months pending deportation. Meloni's novel approach to expel the migrants echoes U.S ...