Centers in Albania will be useful: Italy's Interior minister

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, DEC 23 - In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi stated that "the centres" for migrants in Albania "are ready and will be very useful to speed up the procedures for recognising protection for those who are entitled to it, but above all for repatriating those who are not entitled to it." Piantedosiì stated that the Court of Cassation's recent ruling confirms the possibility of reactivating the centres, which will be evaluated beginning with this summit. To those who criticise the operation's costs, the minister responded that "the allocation of 650 million over 5 years is a legal forecast of the maximum possible cost with the structures in operation; it is not certain that it will correspond to the actual expense." (ANSA).