– It is going exactly as I have always told you: The centers in Albania will work – Meloni told supporters at the event of her party Brothers of Italy in Rome on Sunday.
Meloni pointed to the agreement within the EU on a stricter attitude towards migration. The EU countries recently agreed in Brussels to increase the pressure on rejected asylum seekers and to deport them more efficiently.
Return centers in non-EU countries should also be possible in the future, including Albania. However, the plans still need to be finally approved.
The Italian government’s plan to return rejected asylum seekers on a large scale, even before they set foot on Italian soil, has so far made no progress.
Transferring decisions on asylum applications to Albania has been prohibited in several court rulings by Italian and European authorities.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
