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The deal allowing Italy to build reception centers in Albania for thousands of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean does not violate European Union law, which does not apply to the issue, the bloc's top migration official said.
The deal, reached last week, was criticized by human rights organizations and compared to the British Government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which was ruled illegal by the British Supreme Court.
"The initial assessment of our legal service is that the Albania-Italy agreement does not violate EU law, it is outside EU law," EU migration commissioner Ylva Johansson said when asked at a media conference. in Brussels regarding the agreement between Albania and Italy.
Its statements suggest that this agreement will not be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU.
On November 6, the prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, signed an agreement, according to which Italy will send to Albania the migrants who escape in the Mediterranean Sea, while Italy will finance the establishment of centers for their reception. .
The agreement will start to be implemented in the spring of next year.
According to the protocol published by the Albanian Government, Italy will deposit 16.5 million euros in a special account of the Treasury of Albania, as an advance for the housing of immigrants.
The high commissioner for human rights in the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, has stated that the agreement reached between Albania and Italy on immigrants increases concerns for human rights and adds to concerns about the European trend that responsibilities for asylum seekers go outside the European framework .
Also, the agreement has been criticized by the human rights organization, Amnesty International, which called it "illegal and unenforceable"./REL
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