
A new rejection of the "operation Albania", so appreciated by the Meloni government.
The Gjader repatriation center accommodates "an extremely limited number" of people and, at the same time, has a fairly high "availability of places." Therefore, the 27 migrants held at the CPR could easily stay in Italy.
This is the opinion of Stefano Anastasìa, the Guarantor for Persons Subject to Restrictive Measures of the Lazio Region, and Valentina Calderone, the Guarantor for Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty of Rome, who recently visited the facility in Albania.
According to the two guarantors, the relatively low number of migrants "makes the transfer of these people to Albania unjustified". However, Calderone and Anastasia admit that "the human, professional and financial resources available to the management body" currently allow for adequate treatment of detainees. However, there are difficulties with "relations with family members and lawyers due to the location of the centre on Albanian territory, and possible risks to health care if that provided within the centre is inadequate". Furthermore, there is a lack of "any possibility for activities during long days" within the Gjader centre.
The two guarantors gave an overview of the Gjader facility, which has been at the centre of considerable political controversy following the European Court of Justice ruling. The CPR has 144 regulated places, with a capacity of 96 people available. Currently, the section of the facility designated for newly disembarked asylum seekers, which can accommodate up to 880 people, is unused. The 27 people currently held are mainly from Algeria, Senegal, Pakistan, India and Ghana. The government began using the centre in April.
Since then, a total of 140 people have passed through and 113 have been released: 40 due to non-extension of their detention, 37 due to repatriation, 15 due to medical reasons unsuitable for detention, 7 due to recognition of international protection and others for various reasons, such as transfer to other centers or suspension of deportation orders.
The center includes men and women from the State Police, the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza. The Gjader center also houses the immigration office, which reports directly to the Rome Police Headquarters. There are also 113 people working for Medihospes, the agency that manages the CPR. These include healthcare and legal workers, as well as cultural mediators.
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