The first group of migrants from Italy arrived in Albania

Rome (EFE).- An Italian Navy ship arrived in Albania this Wednesday with the first 16 migrants, whom Italy will train in one of the identification and retention centers created by Rome in this Balkan country, following its controversial outsourcing of migrant reception. Will continue the system. European Union (EU).

Among the migrants trying to reach Italian soil via the central Mediterranean Sea, 10 people are from Bangladesh and another 6 are from Egypt.

They will all be subject to health and identity controls at a single port in the city of Shenzhen, where a center is activated to manage arrivals.

Italian model

Local Italian media reported that after this first process, the migrants would be transferred to the Gazader reception camp a few dozen kilometers away.

These two facilities, managed and controlled by the Italian authorities themselves, are the result of an agreement between Rome and Tirana, which outsources to the Albanian territory the management of asylum applications and the possible return of rescued people in Mediterranean waters to Italy. Want to reach.

Both centers have been operational since last week, when Italy’s Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, announced that the transfer of “irregular immigrants from North Africa” ​​would begin as soon as possible and that Europe had set the objective of “reinforcing expulsions”. . System.