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Asked if she wants the same deal for the UK, following reports that the government is looking at a deal with Albania, Cooper said: "We'll always look at what works. There have to be practical things that will work, not gimmicks"...
After Italy, it seems that the United Kingdom is also targeting Albanian territory for the processing of immigrants or the accommodation of those who lose their right to asylum or whose request is rejected.
The European Commission, in its strategy for reducing the number of illegal immigrants within the Union, supports the opening or creation of accommodation centers in third countries, i.e. non-EU members. However, the Union itself does not undertake to negotiate but supports bilateral agreements between states.
Italy recently changed the way it will manage the refugee camp in Gjadra, where it has been transformed from a reception and processing center, where migrants would stay for 28 days, into a detention center where migrants who are deported from Italy will be housed. They could remain in Albania for years, waiting to be repatriated to their countries of origin.
So far, there has been no reaction from the Albanian side to this change in the Rama-Meloni agreement, perhaps with the idea that there was a special section in the Gjadri camp that functioned as a prison.
And in this wave of changes and proposals, it appears that the United Kingdom is looking at options for where asylum-seeker processing camps could be set up. This was confirmed by the United Kingdom's Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to Sky News.
Speaking on "Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips", Cooper said that the British government has spoken with Italy about the agreements that the Meloni government has with Albania and with the EU Commission about other options.
Cooper said she has spoken with the Italian Interior Minister about their agreement, which means asylum seekers who want to settle in Italy will be processed in Albania.
Asked if she wants the same deal for the UK, following reports that the government is looking at a deal with Albania, Ms Cooper said: "We will always look at what works. There has to be practical things that will work, not gimmicks."
She criticised the Conservative Government's agreement with Rwanda, which aimed to see asylum seekers in the UK processed in Rwanda.
Former Labour Home Secretary Lord Blunkett has suggested that the government should create bespoke agreements with designated "safe" countries to deport foreign criminals and illegal immigrants, as this would bypass any claims under the Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Asked about this and whether the UK is talking to Albania or any other country about an "Italian-style deal", Cooper said: "We have talked to the Italian government about the deals they have and we have always said we will see what works.
"We are also talking to the EU Commission, who are interested in different approaches around return centres, that's what you're talking about. But our central focus is on borders, the organised crime summit on immigration and tackling criminal gangs," she said.
The UK is hosting an "unprecedented" border security summit on Monday with home affairs and law enforcement ministers from more than 40 countries, Ms Cooper said.
She said the summit was necessary because illegal immigration is a "global problem."
"The criminal gang networks that end up with people arriving in the UK extend to the north of France, through Germany, across Europe, to places like the hills of Kurdistan or the money markets of Kabul," the home secretary said.
"So you have to treat this as a global problem," she said.
Cooper added that the government has reached new agreements with France and the French government has changed the rules so its police force will now "take action" in the Channel to prevent migrants crossing to the UK in small boats.
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to "crush the gangs", which Ms Cooper said could be seen through the 20% increase in migrant returns since Labour was voted in last summer, a 40% increase in illegal work raids and a 40% increase in arrests for illegal work. / Pamphlet/
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