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Italian Democratic Party MP Rachele Scarpa speaks about overcrowding and legal issues; Italian government presents center as part of new repatriation strategy...
Around 90 migrants are currently held at the Repatriation Detention Center (CPR) in Gjadra, Albania, according to a statement by Italian Democratic Party (PD) MP Rachele Scarpa, after an inspection visit to the facility. She announced that 65 of them have been transferred in the last week and that the capacity of the section currently in use amounts to 96 places, out of a total of 144 foreseen.
The center in Gjadra operates under a five-year protocol between Italy and Albania, signed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama. The agreement, valued at around 800 million euros over five years, provides for the treatment outside Italian territory of several categories of migrants, including people from so-called “safe countries” and individuals with deportation orders.
Under Italian law, transfers to Gjader from other CPR centers in Italy are permitted. However, the procedures have been accompanied by legal challenges and referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as observations from the Court of Cassation in Italy.
The Italian media Il Manifesto and several organizations dealing with migration issues have interpreted the increase in the number of transfers as an accelerated action by the Italian government, awaiting the entry into force of the new European plan for migration and asylum, which is expected to be implemented in June.
The plan, supported by Italy, envisages a common European list of "safe countries", the use of centres outside the EU for accelerated processing of asylum applications and the strengthening of repatriation mechanisms.
According to the parliamentary delegation for Asylum and Migration, which includes MP Scarpa, the center in Gjadra faces overcrowding and, according to them, presents limitations in the exercise of the right to legal protection and healthcare, especially for persons with alleged psychophysical vulnerabilities.
On the other hand, representatives of the governing majority in Italy present the functioning of the center as evidence of the implementation of the new strategy to curb irregular migration and accelerate repatriations.
The debate on the Gjader model continues on both the political and legal levels, while European institutions are expected to give final positions on some of the issues raised.
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