The Italian government has told judges at the European Union’s highest court that its transfers of migrants to asylum processing centers in Albania comply with EU and human rights laws.

An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to compensation, Italy's top appeals court has ruled, triggering the fury of Italy's right-wing government.

Everything has returned to normal in the village of Gjader and the port town of Shengjin in northwestern Albania. The agreement signed by Italy and Albania in November 2023 and ratified by the Albanian parliament on February 22,

Italy’s highest appeals court has ordered the government to compensate a group of migrants who were stranded at sea for days on a coast guard vessel in 2018 due to then-Interior minister Matteo Salvin

ROME - The European Commission backed Italy’s stance in the Italy-Albania Migration Deal case, arguing that EU law allows states to designate countries as “safe” even if only for specific, well-defined migrant groups.

In Albania's capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance.

The two appealed the decision to a court in Rome, which asked the Luxembourg-based court to clarify EU law. In 2023, Italy signed a deal with Albania to house up to 3,000 male migrants while their ...

Italy has sent three groups of migrants to Albania, all of whom had to be sent back to Italy after a court in Rome ruled that they could not be kept in AlbaniaImage: Armando Babani/ZUMAPRESS.com ...

Migrants board an Italian Coast Guard vessel as part of a transfer operation from the asylum processing centers in Albania back to Italy following a court decision in Rome, at the port of Shengjin ...