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Albania has become a testing ground for the #externalization of asylum and border procedures.
A model that risks becoming the blueprint for Europe’s future migration management.



The legality of the Gjadër centre is still under review before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

In 2023 #Italy and #Albania signed a bilateral protocol allowing the transfer and detention of asylum seekers outside EU territory.



For now ninety people are detained there, which is the highest number since the center opened in October 2024.

Meloni’s government started filling the deportation center #Gjadër in Albania.

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#voicesfromtheborder

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Visit our digital exhibition and take a walk beyond Europe's borders.

🎥Explore 15 short films from #Bosnia, #Morocco, #Serbia, #Turkey, #Tunisia, and #Mauritania.

Stories that give a voice to people stuck at Europe's external borders.

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On February 26, 2023, at least 94 people, including 35 minors, died in a shipwreck off the coast of the Steccato di #Cutro, in Calabria. An unknown number of people are missing and presumed dead.
 They could have been saved by the Italian authorities.

If you want to know more about what has happened in the Mediterranean in January, listen to our podcast “Mittelmeer, was geht?!”

We call for safe and legal migration routes and #freedomofmovement for all!

This marks the deadliest start to a year since IOM began recording such data in 2014.

According to IOM just two months into 2026, at least 606 persons have been reported dead or missing along the #Mediterranean route.

End arbitrary detention of forcibly displaced people in inhumane conditions.

International law affirms that all persons — regardless of nationality or legal status — are entitled to dignity, due process, and protection from inhumane treatment.

The incidents, which involve a minor and a 67-year-old Sudanese man, have triggered urgent calls for independent investigations and raised serious questions about detention conditions, due process, and compliance with international #humanrights standards.

Concerns are emerging over the treatment of asylum seekers in #Egypt following two reported deaths in detention.

With #Sudan’s ongoing conflict and continued instability in parts of Syria, Egypt has become a primary host country for those fleeing violence.

Full report: www.acjps.org/publications...

Human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Sudan are two of the most pressing forms of transnational organized crime.

The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has now released a collaborative report analyzing legal and institutional gaps and the impact of international obligations on national politics in #Sudan regarding the fight against #humantrafficking and migrant smuggling.

🌊What happened in the central Mediterranean in January?

➡️1,000 people may have died (380 are missing)
➡️1,196 people reached Italy by sea
➡️1,292 people were intercepted and forcibly returned to Libya
➡️113 deaths are confirmed (real number is likely much higher)
➡️Several shipwrecks remain unresolved

This list not only further erodes the #righttoasylum, but also endangers the lives of people seeking refugee.

#Morocco, #Tunisia and #Algeria in particular have been notorious for years for the precarious humanitarian situation of those seeking protection.

Asylum seekers who have entered via these countries can now be deported directly to supposedly safe transit countries.

As part of the Common European Asylum System #CEAS, the concept of #safethirdcountries ist thus being expanded at the EU level.