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Euractiv (3 February 2025)

Alessia Peretti and Nicoletta Ionta

The Italy-Albania migration deal has hit yet another wall after a Rome court ordered that migrants be sent back - again.

On Monday, the Italian Navy rescued 49 migrants at sea and transferred them to the Albanian port of Shengjin under the Italy-Albania migrant protocol.

On Friday evening, the Rome Court of Appeal refused to validate their detention, meaning that all 46 remaining migrants were sent back to Italy on Saturday. Six had already been sent back to Italy after arriving in Albania because they were minors or in poor health.

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