Offshoring Asylum the Italian Way - No Model for Others to Follow
Piccoli, Lorenzo
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Verfassungsblog
2023-11-14
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On 6 November 2023, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama announced the signing of the Agreement for Strengthening of Collaboration in the Field of Migration. The agreement proposes a relocation of asylum seekers who are rescued at sea by Italian vessels to two centres that would be built in Albania and could host up to 3’000 people. This is part of a broader trend whereby European governments seek to move asylum procedures outside of their territory. At the same time, the agreement contains some innovations compared to previous proposals. Indeed, this move has been hailed as a “model and example for other collaboration agreements of this kind” by the Italian Prime Minister. This article contends that this is unlikely to be the case: the legality and feasibility of offshoring asylum procedures remain dubious at best.
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Piccoli, Lorenzo
Asylum Proceedings
Extra- Territorial Asylum Processing
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Off-Shoring Asylum
Right to Asylum
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