Overview

• An Italian court ruled that 43 migrants detained in Albanian camps must be allowed to enter the EU, marking the third legal defeat for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's migration policy.
• The migrants, primarily from Egypt and Bangladesh, were intercepted in the Mediterranean and sent to Albania, where their asylum claims were rejected in expedited processes.
• The Albanian detention centers, constructed at a cost of over €650 million, remain largely unused after repeated court rulings against the policy.
• The European Court of Justice is expected to deliver a key decision on February 25 regarding the legality of processing asylum claims outside the EU.
• Critics, including opposition parties and judicial bodies, accuse Meloni's government of wasting taxpayer money and attempting to pressure the judiciary, while the government blames the courts for obstructing its migration strategy.