The European Union’s prime courtroom is to rule on Friday on a listing issued by Italy of nations labelled as protected sufficient for asylum seekers to be returned there.
The checklist is a part of an effort by the right-wing authorities in Rome to hurry up the vetting of asylum requests and to permit fewer individuals to enter Italy.
The Italian authorities goals to deliver migrants hailing from international locations designated as protected and intercepted within the Mediterranean Sea to a reception centre in Albania the place their asylum requests are examined underneath an accelerated process.
Two Bangladeshi nationals challenged the rejection of their requests for worldwide safety based mostly on the idea that Bangladesh is a protected nation as per the checklist.
The Italian courtroom coping with the matter referred to as on the European Courtroom of Justice to make clear if the Italian authorities was allowed to compile the checklist of protected international locations underneath EU regulation, if Rome has to unveil its sources for declaring a rustic as protected and what standards must be revered.
With right-wing positions gaining reputation throughout the 27-member bloc, many EU international locations are adapting a harder stance on migration.
A number of capitals are discussing establishing lodging centres for rejected asylum seekers in international locations exterior the EU. Italy’s push to course of safety requests and accommodate rejected migrants in Albania is nonetheless going through a number of authorized obstacles.
