- Title: Italy ships more asylum seekers to Albania under migration deal
- Date: 28th January 2025
- Summary: SHENGJIN, ALBANIA (JANUARY 28, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF ITALIAN NAVY SHIP CARRYING MIGRANTS ARRIVING IN SHENGJIN PORT, ACCOMPANIED BY SMALLER VESSEL VARIOUS OF SHIP ARRIVING IN SHENGJIN PORT VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON DECK OF SHIP VARIOUS OF SHIP PULLING INTO PORT VIEW OF PORT AND DIFFERENT BOAT VARIOUS OF ITALIAN NAVY SHIP IN PORT, OFFICIALS STANDING ON DOC
- Embargoed: 11th February 2025 10:04
- Keywords: Albania Italy Shengjin migrants
- Location: SHENGJIN, ALBANIA
- City: SHENGJIN, ALBANIA
- Country: Albania
- Topics: Europe,Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001673028012025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday (January 28), amid a new attempt by Italy to push ahead with a legally contested plan to relocate migrants to the neighbouring country.
The navy ship Cassiopea with the migrants reached the Albanian port of Shengjin early on Tuesday. They will be identified at a facility there and then moved to a detention centre some 20 km (12 miles) away.
The navy did not provide details on the migrants.
The Italian government of Giorgia Meloni has built two reception centres in Albania, the first such deal by a European Union nation to divert migrants to a non-EU country in a bid to limit sea arrivals to its territory.
But the facilities have been empty since November after judges in Rome questioned the validity of the relocation plan and ordered the first two batches of migrants previously detained in Albania to be moved back to Italy.
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