Top EU official lauds Italy-Albania migration deal but a court and a rights commissioner have doubts
by Lorne Cook
Dec 14, 2023
3 minutes
A top European Union official has endorsed an agreement that would see Albania host thousands of migrants picked up at sea and transferred there by the Italian authorities, just as the Albanian Constitutional Court delayed the deal so legal concerns can be addressed.
In a letter to EU leaders, meeting Thursday in , European Commission President praised “important initiatives” on restricting migration by some of the bloc’s 27 member countries, including “the operational arrangement between and Albania.”
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