Overview

• The Cassazione reversed its earlier stance that equated Albania’s Gjader centre with Italian facilities and raised two preliminary questions on Decree 37/2025’s alignment with EU asylum and repatriation directives.
• Two joined appeals from Rome’s appeal court on unvalidated detentions prompted the Supreme Court to seek a Luxembourg ruling on the plan’s legal compatibility.
• Since the policy began, roughly 100 migrants have been transferred to Gjader, about 30 have been repatriated and around 50 remain detained under the programme.
• The European Court of Justice is not expected to issue a binding decision before October, and lower courts have already suspended new transfers pending its ruling.
• Fratelli d’Italia parliamentary leader Galeazzo Bignami has demanded clarification after details of the Cassazione’s decision appeared in the press before an official court statement.