Italy to propose Albania-style EU migrant hubs at post-Ceuta meeting
The programme was approved this year and is set to take effect on January 1, 2027.
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The programme was approved this year and is set to take effect on January 1, 2027. At Tuesday's meeting Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi will propose the creation of new hubs for the repatriation of irregular migrants financed with European funds and mostly located in Africa, the sources said. ANSA - ROME, AUG 3 - Italy will propose the creation of EU migrant hubs outside the bloc along the lines of its centres in Albania at Tuesday's emergency meeting of European interior ministers following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, sources have said, confirming newspaper reports.
Furthermore, Albares said Italy had been "flooded with irregular migrants" during "repeated crises" in the island of Lampedusa that it was "not capable of resolving". "There have been governments that did not rise to the occasion," Albares told TVE. There is reportedly already a preliminary list of countries that could be involved, including Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Montenegro, and Ethiopia..
In addition, Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has suspended arrangements regarding the Schengen agreement allowing for control-free movement between borders with Spain for a month following the events in Ceuta. "This is what we demand from our European partners".
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The programme was approved this year and is set to take effect on January 1, 2027.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAt Tuesday's meeting Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi will propose the creation of new hubs for the repatriation of irregular migrants financed with European funds and mostly located in Africa, the sources said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesANSA - ROME, AUG 3 - Italy will propose the creation of EU migrant hubs outside the bloc along the lines of its centres in Albania at Tuesday's emergency meeting of European interior ministers following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, sources have said, confirming newspaper reports.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAlbares said Italy had been "flooded with irregular migrants" during "repeated crises" in the island of Lampedusa that it was "not capable of resolving".
reliability low1/2 sources"There have been governments that did not rise to the occasion," Albares told TVE.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThere is reportedly already a preliminary list of countries that could be involved, including Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Montenegro, and Ethiopia..
reliability low1/2 sourcesPremier Giorgia Meloni's government has suspended arrangements regarding the Schengen agreement allowing for control-free movement between borders with Spain for a month following the events in Ceuta.
reliability low1/2 sources"This is what we demand from our European partners".
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