nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4a450811f9446c0d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260511s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4a450811f9446c0d doi eng 342 23 Bornemann, Jonas Author aut Litigating Externalisation under the Italy-Albania Protocol - Fair-Weather Assumptions and Comfort Signals in AG Emiliou’s Opinion in Sedrata Bornemann, Jonas Verfassungsblog 2026-05-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 23 April 2026, Advocate General Emiliou delivered his Opinion in Sedrata (C-414/25), the first of three cases pending before the CJEU concerning the Italy-Albania Protocol. The agreement allows the Italian authorities to use migrant detention centres located on Albanian territory under Italian exclusive jurisdiction and to treat them as equivalent to border or transit zones within the meaning of the Procedures Directive. This construction sits uneasily with the territorial assumptions embedded in the EU asylum acquis. CC BY-SA 4.0 border management EU migration policy Migration migration law Frasca, Eleonora Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/litigating-externalisation-under-the-italy-albania-protocol/ raw object