Court rejects detention of 12 migrants taken to Albania

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 18 - The special immigration unit of Rome's tribunal on Friday did not validate the detention of all 12 migrants who were taken Wednesday to a newly opened Italian hosting and repatriation centre in Gjader, Albania.on the grounds that their countries of provenance, Bangladesh and Egypt, are not safe.
    The judges said the migrants must be taken back to Italy.
    Four others who were taken with the group of 12 to Albania by the Italian navy vessel Libra on Wednesday were deemed unsuitable to stay after health screenings in Albania revealed that two were minors and unother two were vulnerable.
    The judges in particular ruled that "the denial to validate the detention in the facilities and areas of Albania, considered as Italian border or transit areas, is due to the impossibility of recognizing as 'safe countries' the States of provenance of the people held", a necessary precondition to implement accelerated border procedures provided for by the new Italian scheme.
    (ANSA).