{"id":81783,"date":"2025-12-10T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81783"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:37:49","slug":"meloni-italys-plan-for-reception-centers-in-albania-an-innovative-model-for-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/meloni-italys-plan-for-reception-centers-in-albania-an-innovative-model-for-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Meloni: Italy\u2019s plan for reception centers in Albania, an innovative model for the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday commented on the revision of the EU migration system, agreed by European interior ministers this week.<\/p>\n<p>This revision, among other things, aims to facilitate the implementation of Italy\u2019s controversial plan to manage migrants in reception centers outside Italian territory, including Albania, after legal obstacles that have so far hindered the serious launch of this program.<\/p>\n<p>The changes, which complement the Migration and Asylum Pact adopted in 2024, include expanded deportation measures and legally allow the establishment of \u201creturn centers\u201d for rejected asylum seekers outside the country, provided that they meet specific safety criteria for migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cItaly has worked to propose innovative solutions that are now being viewed with increasing interest and are becoming common practice,\u201d Meloni said at the International Conference of the Global Alliance against Migrant Smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am referring mainly to the Albania Protocol. Processing asylum requests and returns outside the EU but under European jurisdiction \u2014 this model is part of the path being followed at the European level,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni was referring to the agreement reached last Monday in the EU Council of Home Affairs on the new repatriation regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday commented on the revision of the EU migration system, agreed by European interior ministers this week. 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