Italy Sends 8 More Migrants to Albania After First Group Failed Vetting

Eight migrants intercepted by Italian authorities in international waters arrived in Albania to be processed at new facilities on Friday, in just the second transfer of migrants since the two centers began operating in the Balkan country in October. It’s the first program of its kind operated by a European Union nation, which sees arrivals diverted to a separate country while asylum claims are processed. The Italian navy destroyer Libra docked at the Port of Shengjin, two days after leaving the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a common landing point for people crossing the Mediterranean from Africa. Illegal immigration has become a wedge issue across the European Union, prompting many nations to introduce stricter controls and tougher policies, with Italy’s fledgling Albanian solution the most high-profile and revolutionary scheme currently underway....