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Med5: Interior ministers call for strengthening of Frontex and agreements with third countries for returns

At their two-day summit in Naples, the interior ministers of the EU countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea called for a strengthening of the European Border and Coastguard Agency and for more action to combat irregular immigration.

Euronews

Italy approves new decree to use Albania migration centres as repatriation hubs

Under the new decree, two centres in Albania will now also house migrants who arrived in Italy, had their asylum request rejected and received a deportation order.

Euronews

Italy approves new decree to use Albanian migration centers as 'repatriation' hubs

Italy's far-right-led government has approved a new decree that allows the use of centers opened in Albania for asylum seekers’ fast-track processing also as “repatriation” hubs, in line with a recent EU proposal

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Giorgia Meloni says she is under investigation for repatriation of Libyan warlord

Rome prosecutor launches investigation into controversial release of Osama Najim, who is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes

The Guardian - UK

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says she is being investigated for repatriating a Libyan warlord

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says that Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against her and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague

The Independent UK

Italy's interior minister says he expelled Libyan warlord wanted by ICC because he posed 'danger'

Italy's interior minister has told lawmakers that he ordered the expulsion of a Libyan warlord sought by the International Criminal Court due to security concerns

The Independent UK

Italian police accused of making female activists remove underwear and do squats

Climate activists say they were subjected to degrading treatment during questioning in Brescia on Monday

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Italy Begins Landmark Migrant Transfers To Albania

Italy on Monday began transferring migrants intercepted in the Mediterranean to centres in Albania in a European first that has sparked criticism from human rights groups.

International Business Times

Battle In Courts Between Italy And Migrant Rescue Charities

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's battle with migrant rescue charities is increasingly ending up in court, with judges often siding with NGOs but not yet calling the law into question.

International Business Times

Italian island struggles to cope as migrant surge doubles population

A migrant reception centre in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.

France 24

Protests as Meloni cabinet meets near scene of deadly shipwreck

Italian ministers approve tougher laws against people-smugglers during meeting in Cutro

The Guardian - UK

Italy rejects any blame for deadly migrant shipwreck

Italy’s interior minister has strongly rejected claims that government policies to discourage illegal migration played a role in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the nation’s southern coast in which at least 72 people died

The Independent UK

Smugglers 'threw kids into sea' to stop migrant boat sinking on 'voyage of death'

At least 65 people, including 14 children, died in the migration tragedy when their boat slammed into sandbanks and broke apart in rough seas near Italy early on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Italy: Migrants paid 8,000 euros each for 'voyage of death'

Rescue teams have pulled another body from the sea

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Italy's premier visits Libya for talks on energy, migration

Italy’s prime minister has arrived in Libya for talks with officials from the country's west-based government that will focus on energy and migration

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italian Ministers Visit Tunisia to Tackle Illegal Migration

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi have visited Tunis to discuss cooperation in combating human trafficking, according to the Italian news agency Nova. During his meeting with Tunisian officials on Wednesday, Tajani said his country has a shared vision with Tunisia…

Reuters

EU countries must do more to tackle secret China police stations - NGO

EU countries are failing to provide a united front against the threat posed by dozens of secret Chinese "service stations" on their soil, a human rights group behind the exposure of the alleged facilities said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Italy: why Meloni won

Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni assured the EU there was no cause for alarm as her far-right government came to power. Her first actions on migrants and civil liberties tell a different story.

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The Guardian - UK

European politicians accused of conspiring with Libyan coastguard to push back refugees

NGO alleges ‘crimes against humanity’ committed with deal approved by European Council

Al Jazeera

Several missing after landslide on Italian holiday island

Heavy rains lashed southern Ischia island, causing floods and triggering a landslide, leaving 100 stranded.

ABC News

Torrential rain causes deadly landslide on Italian holiday island of Ischia, several people missing

Several people are missing after heavy rain triggers a landslide that sweeps through a town on the Italian island of Ischia, destroying buildings and washing away cars into the sea.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Ministers Endorse New Migrant Plan after France-Italy Spat

European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious row over a refugee rescue boat erupted between Italy and France. France has accused Italy of failing to respect the law of the sea by turning away the NGO vessel earlier…

Reuters

Italy's new government challenges sea of maritime laws

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is cracking down on charity rescue boats operating in the Mediterranean, accusing them of acting as a de facto taxi service for migrants.

The Guardian - UK

People rescued in Italian waters spark row between Italy and France

French government calls Rome’s refusal to let boat carrying 234 asylum seekers dock ‘unacceptable’

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s migration policy is in breach of international law, say legal experts

Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia Meloni

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