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.
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