Kosovo says the Italian model of deporting migrants will not be replicated on its territory

2024-10-22 09:48:00

The ‘Albanian model’ of Giorgia Meloni Even Kosovo doesn’t like it. This was communicated by Prime Minister Albin Kurtiwho reported that Pristina is not willing to create centers on its territory to process asylum applications of migrants outside the European Union (EU), as Italy did in Albania.

The position of the Balkan president comes after information had circulated in recent days other European leaders They are studying the possibility of create similar centers in other non-European countries in the region. In fact, already 11 European countries and the President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyenhave shown interest in the Italian initiative.

This plan, however, was completely rejected by Kurti who considered it this way cannot be guaranteed fully respect the rights of migrants. “How can we guarantee that the rights of these imprisoned people are respected?”, the Kosovar politician asked rhetorically. “I think of these centers it would weigh on your conscience of the Balkans and the EU”, he added in an interview with the European media Euroactiv.

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These migrants”They are human beings to take care of,” recalled the president of Kosovo. It is important that cooperation between the EU and the Balkans”Don’t damage democracy or security in the region,” he added.

The Balkan leader’s statements come in the midst of a political and judicial storm in Italy too. Indeed, the two centers it created identification and expulsion Now they are emptyafter a Rome court last week invalidated the Italian government’s decision to transfer a first group of migrants there.

AND hard setback to which the Italian Prime Minister responded on Monday by convening an urgent Council of Ministers during which the a law decree through which the Italian Government wants force the judges accept his decision, which has already sparked protests from the opposition and the judiciary itself. Meloni’s new legislation includes a list of 19 countries considered “safe” by Italy, which would facilitate expulsions.

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However, the impending legal involvement in Rome appears to be enormous. According to several jurists, in fact, the new decree could remain a dead letter. The reason is that judges can rely on the European justice and the European law prevails over Italian law.

This scenario unfolds as, after months of delay in the construction of the complex, its maintenance also continues to encounter problems and spark controversy. They were the last to complain police officers Italians lined up, denouncing the “shame” of the operation accommodation where they were placed. “The toilet brush is also missing”, they complain, as reported by the Italian newspaper ‘La Stampa’.