The controversial model, devised by the far-right Georgia Meloni, has Albania as an ally. “Italy will build (in Albania) two centers for the management of illegal immigrants”, explained Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. The plan is that migrants rescued in the Mediterranean and those awaiting asylum do not set foot on European soil but are directly sent to centers in Albania.

They will remain held there until their asylum procedures are studied. Three thousand people would be detained in each center and it would be Albania that would monitor the migrants and Italy would pay the costs of that retention. Several NGOs are already talking about forced repatriations and question whether this procedure is legal: “The detention of people in a third country represents a new attack on the right to asylum.”

Now several countries are considering copying the controversial Meloni model. A plan that raises serious doubts on compliance with international law. In addition to Meloni’s more than questionable measures, a total of 15 European countries led by Denmark have joined in demanding new measures from the European Commission to stop the illegal arrival of migrants to their territories.

Among the proposals of this agglomeration of nations, the following stand out: the drafting of new texts that regulate the migratory flow, giving as an example those signed with Tunisia, which is based on the contribution of money from European funds in exchange for repurposing them. In addition, they have proposed an idea similar to that established by Meloni: creating centers where people can be sent outside the common territory of the EU.