ROME/ VIENNA. The government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was planning to carry out asylum procedures outside the EU in immigration centers in Albania. Now the Italian judges said, “We acted and decided in accordance with EU law.” He brought all the immigrants back to Italy.
While Meloni has barely agreed on a reception center in Albania where immigrants can be housed until a decision is made on their procedures, his plan is already on the verge of collapse. A court in Rome has ruled that all prisoners of the Italian immigration center Gjader in Albania must be brought back to Italy immediately.
The office responsible for migration issues in Rome refers to a decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dated 4 October 2024; Accordingly, countries are classified as “safe” only if it applies to their entire national territory.
Italy’s daily, published on Saturday “The Press” In an interview with the newspaper, the judge declared that he acted in accordance with EU law and said: “We could not have acted otherwise and made another decision. “The decision of the European Court of Justice is binding not only on us, the judges, but also on the public administration,” he said.
Egypt and Bangladesh are unsafe countries
Luciana Sangiovanni, Head of the Immigration Chamber of the Rome Court, justifies her decision that twelve people from the Italian immigration center in Albania should be extradited to Italy. As a reason, he states that the countries where these people come from, Egypt and Bangladesh, are unsafe.
Four immigrants brought to Italy
Four of the 16 immigrants were brought to Italy because they were either underage or had health problems. The judges have now ordered that the remaining twelve be brought to Italy. The migrants are expected to be transferred by ship to the Italian coastal city of Bari early this Saturday.
Immigrants have two weeks to appeal rejections of their asylum applications there. It has been learned that the subsequent procedure usually takes several months. During this period, the men will remain in Italy – which is exactly what the Meloni government wanted to prevent with the procedure in Albania.
Italy wants to appeal
In recent months, the Italian government, under Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has established a arrival camp in the northern Albanian coastal town of Shengjin and a nearby detention center in Gjader as part of an agreement with Albania. Migrants caught in the Mediterranean would be brought directly here for a decision on their asylum applications.
Only those who are successful will be allowed to go to Italy; All other immigrants will be deported to their country of origin as soon as possible. It is planned that up to 36,000 people will pass through these camps every year, with only a few reaching Italy and therefore the EU. The first ship carrying migrants arrived in the port city of Shengjin on Wednesday. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a cabinet meeting for Monday. The government should define more clearly what is meant by “safe countries of origin”. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi is confident that the decision can be appealed and, if necessary, appealed to the Supreme Court.
2024-10-19 11:05:00