Horizont ČT24 | Immigration centre in Albania
A large-scale immigration centre is to be operational in Albania from August. Rome is building it to take illegal migrants intercepted at sea out of its territory until the asylum process is completed. Critics say the plan is unfair to migrants because it will disproportionately prolong their stay in the European Union when they are assessed. Is this an effective solution or is it just part of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's election campaign? Viktor Daněk, deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute, commented for Horizont ČT24.
5. June 2024
It's clearly part of the election campaign now. It is happening in the context of this being a long-term problem for Italy. Giorgia Meloni is trying to do something that Matteo Salvini, who once won an election on it, failed to do. It looks like an interesting attempt, but I would see it as a first swallow so far to try to tackle the problem of migration outside Europe's borders, which is not a new idea. It is hard to judge what it will look like in practice.
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