Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania despite failing to process first group

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The first group of 12 migrants were returned to Italy after a Rome court said their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, were not safe enough for repatriation.

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00:00An Italian Navy ship carrying migrants deported from Italy arrived at an asylum processing

00:07center in the Albanian city of Shenjin on Friday morning.

00:11This is the second transfer of migrants from Italy to Albania.

00:15The move is part of a program in which Albania is to host thousands of asylum seekers whilst

00:21Italy processes their claims.

00:24The deal is criticized by human rights groups as a dangerous precedent.

00:29Previously, a group of 12 migrants were sent back to Italy after a Rome court ruled that

00:35their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, were not safe enough for repatriation.

00:41Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni condemned the ruling, stating that classifying countries

00:47like Bangladesh and Egypt as unsafe would exclude most migrants from the Albania program,

00:54undermining its purpose.

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