Pact hailed as EU migration breakthrough in tatters after judges rule asylum seekers must be transferred to Italy
A multimillion-dollar migration deal between Italy and Albania aimed at curbing arrivals was presented by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, as a new model for how to establish processing and detention centres for asylum seekers outside the EU.
But it seems neither von der Leyen nor Italy’s far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, had taken existing law into account.
This seems particularly dumb, they didn’t look at the disastrous “remain in Mexico” policy across the pond and realize it’s unrealistic?
Also, Albania is an EU membership candidate undergoing accession negotiations so like, what? These super expensive facilities aren’t gonna be “outside the EU” forever