The construction of two Italian migrant detention centres in Albania is underway with the facilities expected to open at the beginning of August.
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00:00The construction of two Italian migrant detention centres in Albania is underway,
00:05with facilities expected to open at the beginning of August.
00:09Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama signed a deal
00:15where Albania agreed to shelter migrants while Italy processes their asylum claims.
00:20Meloni has defended the controversial plan, saying it is necessary as part of her policy
00:26to crack down on migration and deter prospective refugees
00:31from making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing.
00:34The deal was described as outside EU law by former European Commissioner Ylva Johansson.
00:40Italian opposition lawmakers also decried the plan as too expensive,
00:44with it expected to cost over 600 million euro within five years.
00:49Over half of the EU member states have signed a document
00:52asking the European Commission to move in this direction.
00:56Albania could receive up to 36,000 asylum seekers each year.