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 ...

A group of 40 migrants sent by Italy has arrived in an Italian-run migration center in Albania. Migration experts say it's ...

Italy dispatched 40 failed asylum seekers to Albania on Friday to be held until repatriation to their home countries in ...

A legal adviser to the European Union's high court backed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's controversial scheme to ...

But the Albania deportation scheme had been put on hold after Italian courts repeatedly annulled the transfer of sea migrants, forcing the government to bring them to Italy to assess their legal ...

Italy has donated a naval ship to Albania to help the country increase patrolling of its coastline and intensify its ...

This marks the fourth such deportation to Albania amid the Giorgia Meloni administration's crackdown on illegal immigration ...

Italian authorities say 40 migrants with no permission to remain on Italian soil are being transferred from Italy to Albania ROME -- Italian authorities said Friday they were transferring 40 ...

SHENGJIN, Albania — Italian authorities on Friday transferred 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run migration detention centers in Albania. It was the first time ...

Italy’s far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni approved a decree last month that expanded the use of the Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include the detention of ...

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 ...