Overview

• The Gjader CPR in Albania operated for only five days in late 2024 at a cost of €114,000 per day and detained 20 migrants who were released within hours.
• By March 2025, €74.2 million in contracts had built 400 beds at Gjader at over €153,000 per bed, compared with about €21,000 per bed at Italy’s Porto Empedocle facility.
• Hospitality and catering for Italian police at the Gjader center added €528,000 to the operation’s expenses during its brief 2024 activity.
• Italy’s network of CPRs and Ctra held 2,555 places at the end of 2024 but ran at just 46% capacity while enforcing only 10.4% of removal orders.
• NGOs, opposition leaders and the Constitutional Court have criticized the system’s legal ambiguity and human rights impact as costs continue to climb.