Move comes hours after Italy unveils plan to build asylum reception centres in Albania for those arriving by sea
Stricter measures to deal with a large number of migrants arriving in Germany have been agreed by the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and state leaders, as NGOs criticised Italy’s plans to create centres in
“This will simply increase social tensions and make integration even more difficult,” Julian Pahlke, the Green party’s migration expert, told Die Zeit. This is separate to the more than 1 million Ukrainians who have arrived since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, who are not required to apply for asylum.
“The denial of access to Italian territory, the extraterritorial management of asylum applications, the application of accelerated border procedures, and the detention of people in a third country represent a new attack on the right to asylum. These initiatives replicate policies of containment and deterrence that have proven to be ineffective in the long term, but capable of increasing the suffering of thousands of people.
Meloni’s deal would initially result in migration centres hosting about 3,000 people but ultimately processing up to 36,000 a year. She has said the plan is necessary in order to reduce migrant arrivals by sea in Italy, which have increased by about 65% compared with the same period a year ago.
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