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

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.Meloni on Friday slammed the ruling as "prejudiced" and said she had called the cabinet meeting "to approve laws to overcome this obstacle,

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,

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