Italy in the refugee crisis: Meloni's Albania model fails again!

Italy in the refugee crisis: Meloni's Albania model fails again!

Brindisi, Italien - Brindisi (dpa)- Italy is again in focus, and for a explosive reason! After a devastating legal defeat for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the country had to accept refugees from a camp in Albania. Seven men from Bangladesh and Egypt, who were on the dangerous escape to Europe, were brought to the port city of Brindisi with a ship of the Italian coast guard via the Adriatic. At night they set foot on Italian soil after a court in Rome decided that the internment of migrants in a camp outside the EU was not right. Another setback for Meloni's controversial “Albania model”!

This decision is the second defeat for the legal government in Rome within a short time. The future of the two camps that Italy has been running in the non-EU country since the last month is now on the brink. The case has now aroused the interest of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, while Italy's Colonel Court, the Court of Court in Rome, also advises. The argument between Meloni's government and the judiciary has developed into a real exchange of blows!

empty camps and failed asylum applications

The migrants had only been stopped last week on their dangerous trip to Europe near the island of Lampedusa. An Italian ship then brought them to Albania, where Italian officials should decide on their asylum applications. But in five cases the applications were rejected, and a return was imminent - until the judiciary intervened and this stopped. In the past few weeks, 16 similar returns from the judiciary have already been prevented. Despite these setbacks, hundreds of refugees continue to come to Italy a week after they have ventured the risky crossing over the Mediterranean.

The controversial “Albania model” not only causes discussions in Italy, but also attracts the interest of other European governments. The question of which states are considered safe countries of origin and whoever decides is in the room. Meloni's plan stipulated that up to 36,000 asylum applications in Albania should be processed annually. But now, apart from the staff, the camps are empty - another chapter in the chaotic refugee policy of Italy!