Italy takes back 43 migrants it planned to process in Albania

Migrants board an Italian Coast Guard vessel as part of a transfer operation from asylum processing centres in Albania back to Italy (Vlasov Sulaj/AP)
Migrants board an Italian Coast Guard vessel as part of a transfer operation from asylum processing centres in Albania back to Italy (Vlasov Sulaj/AP)

An Italian navy ship took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centres in Albania on Saturday following a court decision in Rome.

It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country.

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