Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesda
hailed the deal her government reached with Tirana to set up
Italian-run migrant centres on Albanian territory, with the
first set of rescued asylum seekers currently on their way to
them, and said it could be a model for similar agreements with
other non-EU countries.
"Italy has set a good example by signing the Italy-Albania
Protocol to process asylum requests in Albanian territory, but
under Italian and European jurisdiction," she told the Senate as
she reported to parliament before this week's EU summit.
"The two structures envisaged by the Protocol - the Shengjin
center and the Gjader one - are now ready and operational.
"We took some extra time to get everything done in the best
possible way, but we are very satisfied with the results of this
work.
"It is a new, courageous, unprecedented path, but one which
perfectly reflects the European spirit and which has everything
necessary to be followed with other non-EU nations too.
"And I also thank (Albanian) Prime Minister (Edi) Rama and his
entire government for believing in the quality and effectiveness
of this initiative".
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