The Italian government has told judges at the European Union’s highest court that its transfers of migrants to asylum processing centers in Albania comply with EU and human rights laws.

was sent to Albania on October 16. All of them were sent back to Italy after a court in Rome ruled that the transfer was unlawful and that repatriating them to their countries of origin could breach international legal protections. Two more migrant ...

ROME - The European Commission backed Italy’s stance in the Italy-Albania Migration Deal case, arguing that EU law allows states to designate countries as “safe” even if only for specific, well-defined migrant groups.

In Albania's capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance.