Italy approves decree to use Albanian migration centres for repatriation

Italy has expanded the use of Albanian asylum centers to include repatriation hubs for migrants with deportation orders, despite legal challenges that have kept the €800 million facilities largely inactive. This aligns with a recent EU proposal for “return hubs” in third countries. Separately, Italy tightened citizenship rules, limiting automatic citizenship for descendants of Italians born abroad to only two generations.READ FULL