Migrants in Shëngjin, Italian government decrees modification of agreement: Camp to be managed by Albania

The immediate restoration of the Albanian centers of Gjadri and Shëngjin to function, despite the decision of the European Court of Justice expected for next February 25. Even at the cost of removing Italian jurisdiction over the structures, which is the basis of the treaty signed with Tirana.

This is the objective of the Italian government that has decided to modify the agreement with Albania and could do so by decree, writes "Corriere della Sera". Looking for a way, after three consecutive rejections of immigrant detentions by Immigration judges and the Court of Appeal, to exclude the jurisdiction of Italian magistrates for the management of refugees to be repatriated. In these hours, various hypotheses are being examined for the resumption of immigrant transfers, but this time with a broader discussion, which includes not only those rescued at sea and coming from countries included in the Italian safe list, but also those already in hot spots and reception centers on the national territory, A2 reports.

This was discussed at a meeting last Friday, during which the possibility arose that Albanian centers could be returned exclusively to the repatriation of refugees deemed not to have the conditions to receive international protection from Italy – or to reception centers. And at this point it cannot be ruled out that they would be managed from Tirana and no longer from Rome.

In any case, while waiting for the opinion of the Luxembourg judges, the executive reiterates its will to move forward. And that is why another summit is scheduled for today. The meeting could also focus on discussing the new decree – hypothesized, among others, by the Minister of European Affairs, Tommaso Foti – which in the government's plans could provide a credible legal solution after the conflicting sentences of the judges for pre-trial detention in Albania.

But the opposition objects. "The insistence is diabolical, the government must stop this madness that is creating an unprecedented clash between powers and a waste of resources," explains Simona Bonafè, leader of the Democratic Party group in the Chamber's Constitutional Affairs Committee, for whom the executive "insists on the unacceptable attempt to elect its own judges and rewrite the rules."

For the head of the group in the same commission, Filiberto Zaratti, "we must stop wasting Italians' money."

  (A2 Televizion)