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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 De Leo, Andreina Asylum Procedure Regulation externalisation Extra- Territorial Asylum Processing Italy-Albania Protocol Off-Shoring Asylum Return directive 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/managing-migration-the-italian-way-ii/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a51d0c2c3f583d18 250627 10.59704/a51d0c2c3f583d18 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)