Italian ship heads back to Albania with eight migrants


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  • Wednesday, 06 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows an Italian coast guard vessel departing for Italy with migrants, who were intercepted at sea and later detained at a reception facility in Albania, after a court in Rome overturned their detention orders, in Shengjin, Albania, October 19, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian navy ship set sail for Albania on Wednesday carrying a second small group of migrants, with Rome looking to salvage a controversial plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government hopes that taking boat migrants to guarded camps in Albania rather than letting them enter Italy will act as a deterrence to others considering making the dangerous sea crossing to Europe.

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