Bologna tribunal refers new migrant decree to EU court

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 29 - The tribunal of Bologna has referred to the European Court of Justice a new government decree defining a list of safe countries for repatriation to ask which parameter should be used when determining safety and whether the principle of the primacy of EU law should prevail if a conflict arises with Italian legislation, judicial sources said Tuesday.
    The referral was issued in relation to an appeal presented by an asylum seeker from Bangladesh against the territorial commission for the recognition of international protection.
    The government decree listing 19 countries, including Bangladesh, as safe, said Italian courts cannot rule against it on the basis of an October 4 European Court of Justice sentence based on which Rome judges nixed the detention of a group of migrants at a new Italian-run centre in Albania earlier this month.
    The 19 newly approved safe countries whose status is bolstered by the new 'primary' legislation which was issued three days after the Rome court's ruling are: Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Morocco, Montenegro, Peru, Senegal, Serbia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. (ANSA).