nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a51d0c2c3f583d18 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250627s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a51d0c2c3f583d18 doi eng 342 23 De Leo, Andreina Author aut (orcid)0009-0001-2419-7413 Managing Migration the Italian Way II - The 'Innovative' Italy-Albania Deal at the ECJ De Leo, Andreina Verfassungsblog 2025-06-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Eight months after first exploring the legal contours of the “innovative” Italy-Albania Protocol and its temporary suspension following the Court of Rome’s refusal to validate the detention of the first group of asylum applicants transferred to Albania, this post turns to a new and potentially game-changing development: a preliminary reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), submitted by the Italian Court of Cassation on 20 June 2025. The referral raises doubts about the compatibility of the scheme with both the Return Directive (RD) and the Asylum Procedures Directive (APD). This move adds fresh legal uncertainty to a deal already under intense scrutiny and could significantly impact its implementation. CC BY-SA 4.0 Asylum Procedure Regulation externalisation Extra- Territorial Asylum Processing Italy-Albania Protocol Off-Shoring Asylum Return directive Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/managing-migration-the-italian-way-ii/ raw object