Italy under pressure: Record number of migrants and scandal about asylum procedures!

Italy under pressure: Record number of migrants and scandal about asylum procedures!

Rom, Italien - Italy is increasingly faced with a migrant wave. Today the Exxpress have already entered the country since the beginning of 2025. This is a worrying increase compared to the same period in the previous year, when less than 20,000 migrants were registered. Interior Minister Matteo Pianededosi attributes this increase to increasing instability in Libya and expresses concerns about possible terrorist threats that could emerge from this unstable region. <

Italy has already returned 30 people from deportation centers in Albania to their home countries since the beginning of the year. All deported were known to the police and were only brought to Albanian centers if they were classified as socially dangerous. The current procedure of the Italian government pursues the so-called 'Albania model'. Migrants who are taken up in the Mediterranean are to be brought directly to recording centers in Albania, where Italian officials then decide on their asylum applications in the quick procedure.

European Convention on Human Rights in Focus

In addition to the increasing number of migrants, the discussion about the European Convention on Human Rights is getting louder. Nine EU countries, including Italy, have signed an open letter that calls for a review of the interpretation of this convention. This initiative follows a meeting of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and is also supported by countries such as Poland, Austria and Belgium. The signatories argue that the international situation has changed fundamental and therefore call for more scope at national level in relation to deportations.

Amnesty International has critically accepted these claims. The organization warns of a possible attack on human rights and argues that the restriction of the right to protection for endangered persons questions the universality of human rights. The MEP Erik Marquardt described the open letter as a "scandalous step" and asked the German federal government to campaign for the rights of migrants.

political offensive against the EU

Prime Minister Meloni goes one step further with her political offensive against the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Using the open letter, she accuses the ECHR to interpret the convention too far and to undermine the democratic sovereignty of the nation states. She has already emphasized that the geopolitical realities have changed drastically since the passion of human rights conventions after the Second World War.

The signing countries that emphasize their beliefs in the discussion about adaptation to modern challenges would like to have more influence on national decisions in relation to migration in the future. This initiative could result in long -term changes in European dealings with migration.

In the middle of these challenges, both support and resistance in Italy are shown. While Meloni is demonstrating backing among the population, left -wing parties and human rights organizations question the contradiction of their policies, which may be directed against fundamental values. The coming weeks will be decisive, especially with the expected judgment of the European Court of Justice, which will illuminate the legal basis of the current asylum procedures in Italy and Albania.