Court rejects detention of at least 4 migrants in Albania

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 18 - The special immigration unit of Rome's tribunal has not validated the detention of at least four migrants held at a newly opened Italian hosting and repatriation centre in Gjader, Albania, judicial sources said on Friday.
    "The two countries of provenance of the migrants, Bangladesh and Egypt, are not safe,", said one of the judges in charge of the case in a decision rejecting the detention of one of the migrants.
    According to the judges, the migrants must be taken back to Italy.
    Rome's central police department on October 17 had ordered the detention in Albania of a total of 16 people including 10 citizens of Bangladesh and six Egyptian nationals in Albania.
    Four, including two minors and two vulnerable men, were later deemed unsuitable to stay after being identified and undergoing health screenings in Albania.
    The 16 migrants were taken to the newly opened detention centre by the Italian navy vessel Libra on Wednesday to undergo accelerated border procedures as part of a new scheme promoted by the government. (ANSA).