Jan 2, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Italian
Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciariani in an interview with La
Stampa newspaper said that the agreement with Albania on migrants will be
approved in February and the first reading of the Prime Minister will be in the
spring.
On the
agreement with Albania, the minister explained that "there is no
hesitation" and "we are so convinced that we asked for urgency in the
adoption of the draft law, which in our hope will be approved in
February".
He
explained that immigration will be a topic the government will focus
particularly on this new year 2024, because "it is the point where we have
suffered most with our voters," melon confidant said.
"We
had a tough summer. From the very beginning, it was not easy to make migration
a major international issue. We asked the voters for patience, but the results
- the minister explained - will come."
The
Constitutional Court of Albania has blocked the Italy-Albania pact for migrants
on December 13, 2023. She said she was considering a lawsuit made by opposition
MPs against the deal.
In this
way, the court announced that the procedure for ratification of the agreement
with Italy, scheduled for voting in the Parliament on 14 December 2023, is
automatically suspended.
Meanwhile,
the hearing on the Constitutional Court's decision on this issue will be held
on January 18, 2024, at 10:00.
On December
6, 30 members of the Berisha-Bardhi group submitted to the Constitutional Court
the request for declaration of incompatible with the Constitution of the
agreement between Albania and Italy on migrants, signed on November 6 in Rome
by Prime Ministers Rama and Meloni.
In order to
give force to the agreement signed by Rama and Meloni in Rome for the
construction of the migrant camp in the 3,71-capacity framework and the use of
the Port of Shëngjin as a landing port, it must be ratified by parliament with
at least <> votes.
A historic
agreement, reached in principle since 15 August when Italian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni came by ferry from Puglia to rest with the family of Albanian
counterpart Edi Rama in Vlora, was signed on 6 November 2023 between the two
leaders in the "Palazzo Chigi" in Rome.
The port of
Shëngjin will be the entry gateway for illegal migrants attempting to enter
Europe through Italy, according to the protocol for managing migratory flows, the
Albanian media write.
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