Residents of the Shengjin region, situated in the north of this EU candidate country, have welcomed the accord between Tirana and Rome that will 'outsource' asylum application processing.

An Italian immigration judge has rejected Giorgia Meloni’s latest bid to detain Europe-bound asylum seekers in Albania and referred the Italian prime minister’s landmark initiative to the EU’s top court. The judge ruled that seven Bangladeshi and ...

A court in Rome dealt a further blow to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s plans to resettle some asylum seekers in Albania, saying a second batch of migrants should return to Italy.