Italy says it is transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts.

Giorgia Meloni is making a fresh attempt at reviving her stalled plan to detain irregular migrants in Albania, after the Italian government secured a partial legal victory following several setbacks.

The 2023 agreement aims to send asylum seekers to detention centres in Albania. Politicians have spoken out in defence of it, but are their arguments legally sound?

The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.