“a model to follow”, affirms Giorgia Meloni

Addressing senators on the eve of the European Council, Giorgia Meloni said: proud that Italy has become a model to follow ”, our partners having recognized “ the pragmatism and effectiveness of our fight against illegal immigration “. But also inventiveness, through the experience of relocation to Albania of the examination of asylum applications which began yesterday. Sixteen people from Bangladesh and Egypt, who left the Libyan coast and were intercepted by Italian patrol boats in international waters, arrived on Wednesday October 16 in the port of Shëngjin aboard the Italian military ship Libra. In her letter to the 27 Member States, Ursula van der Leyen welcomed “ this possible route of return centers outside the Union that Europe should continue to explore ».

If the objective declared by the Italian government is to relieve congestion in Italian reception centers and to discourage…