a court of Rome declared this Friday illegal confinement in Albania of the migrants transferred this week from Italy and has ordered their return, arguing that the countries of origin of these people, Bangladesh and Egypt, cannot be considered safe.
This week, the Italian Government chartered a military ship with 16 asylum seekers so that they had to wait in Albania for the resolution of their respective cases. Shortly after the transfer, The return of two possible minors has already been ordered and many others declared vulnerable upon arrival.
Both classifications invalidated their possible detention, under an agreement that also established that only migrants from safe countries could be transferred to Albanian soil. The immigration section of the Court of Rome has understood that This requirement is not met either. for those who still remain in Albania, according to the RAI channel.
“The two countries from which the migrants come, Bangladesh and Egypt, are not safe,” reads the ruling, which refers to a previous ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. In this sense, the court has determined that the migrants – at least four, according to the ruling – They cannot be detained and that only in Italy is the freedom to which they are entitled guaranteed.
