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00:00Many member states are preparing to tighten their migration policies and Brussels is in

00:04line with this new reality.

00:06The EU summit this week will be the place to discuss the details of how.

00:15The first asylum seekers from Italy that will have their applications processed in Albania

00:20arrived via ship to the Albanian port of Schengen.

00:24The ship carried 16 men who were rescued at sea after departing from Libya.

00:30The men will undergo health screening and identification procedures and will then be

00:34transferred to a camp in Jadr, a few kilometres away from the port.

00:40Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni formally opened the two centres on Friday, where Italy

00:46plans to process thousands of asylum seekers.

00:51Although the centre in Jadr has the capacity for 3,000 migrants, it will start with 400

00:57and increase to 880 in a few weeks.

01:01The centres will only house adult men, families will not be separated and women, children

01:07and vulnerable people will be accommodated in Italy.

01:20Member states seem to be further tightening their migration policies.

01:23The subject is high on the agenda of the European Council.

01:29In a letter to capitals, Ursula von der Leyen proposed to speed up returns and open detention

01:34centres in third countries.

01:38The Commission President is thus in line with the request of 15 member states to transfer

01:43asylum seekers to safe third countries.

01:49Seventeen countries also called for an accelerated expulsion of foreign nationals whose asylum

01:54application is rejected.

01:58With the return hubs, there's a key question is whether the EU member states will find

02:04willing partners in order to establish those return hubs and more than that, also to figure

02:12out ways to get countries of origin and transit to comply in terms of readmission.

02:19In France, the new interior minister who has made immigration his priority wants to regularise

02:24undocumented migrants but in small numbers and gradually.

02:29In Poland, Donald Tusk is considering temporarily and partially suspending the right of asylum

02:35to combat illegal immigration.

02:38Russia and Belarus are accused of orchestrating the influx of migrants using the Polish border

02:44to destabilise the EU as a hybrid attack.

02:49Warsaw believes migrants are weaponised in this way.

02:55On the other hand, fundamental EU values are at stake.

03:03This is extremely problematic.

03:04The right to asylum is a fundamental right that cannot be suspended even in times of

03:09politically declared crisis.

03:12It is protected under EU law and international law but also by the Polish constitution which

03:18shows that this is not a migration issue alone but it's a broader rule of law issue.

03:25While Hungary or Italy have been marginalised in the past for their hardline migration policies,

03:30the rest of the member states now also seem to be converging in this direction.

03:36President of the European Commission has endorsed return hubs outside of the European Union

03:44for rejected asylum seekers.

03:46Ursula von der Leyen sent a seven-page letter to EU leaders on Monday outlining several

03:52proposals to curb the number of asylum applications, including the controversial return hubs.

03:58The letter is very clear on what are considered the priority areas for action, but now of

04:03course it is for the leaders to discuss the way forward based on the letter that the president

04:10has sent.

04:12In the letter, von der Leyen said the EU will be able to learn lessons from the criticised

04:17Italy-Albania asylum processing deal.

04:21She previously described the offshore processing as out-of-the-box thinking but humanitarian

04:27organisations fear it may set a dangerous precedent.

04:49In the letter, von der Leyen also pushed for designating safe third countries at an EU level.

04:55This would speed up deportations and avoid disagreements between member states.

05:03It comes ahead of a two-day summit in Brussels where migration is set to dominate talks.

05:15The Spanish government is considering setting up an emergency reception centre for migrants

05:20at a disused airport south of Madrid.

05:23The proposal was met with condemnation from the town's mayor.

05:39UN Refugee Agency data shows that roughly 43,000 people immigrated to Spain in the last

05:45year by sea.

05:53The announcement coincides with a controversial offshore migrant processing centre in Albania

05:59opening its doors and processing the first round of migrants rescued at sea by Italian

06:03ships.

06:09Recently appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reaffirmed the alliance is ready

06:14to protect its territory and make further investments in its development.

06:18He confirmed the alliance is ready to protect its territory and make further investments

06:22in its defence.

06:26He said NATO stands ready to confront any enemy and was ready to do whatever is necessary

06:31against future attacks.

06:34Rutte also stated that the alliance will continue its support for Ukraine against Russia following

06:39their full-scale invasion as a top priority.

06:48The majority of Montenegro's population still identifies as Montenegrin, about 41%, according

06:59to the country's latest census results revealed on Tuesday.

07:04This is a decrease from the country's last census held in 2011 when 45% identified as

07:10such.

07:12The latest census was held in December last year and shows a 4% increase in those who

07:17identify as Serbs compared to the last census, now sitting at 33%.

07:23The small Balkan country's ethnic make-up has long been a sensitive issue as census

07:28results often play an important political role in the region.

07:33Montenegro was the last state to split from former Yugoslavia, separating from Serbia

07:38in 2006.

07:40Census results continue to have influence on both pro-Serbian and pro-Montenegrin political

07:45goals.

07:47Moldovans will vote twice on Sunday, first in the country's presidential election and

07:58then in a long-anticipated referendum on EU membership.

08:03Around 5.6 million ballots were printed on Tuesday for the election and referendum.

08:10For the first time, they will not only be available in Romanian, but also in five languages

08:16of ethnic minorities – Russian, Ukrainian, Gagauz, Bulgarian and Romani.

08:22The outcome of the referendum will determine whether EU accession will be a constitutional

08:27goal.

08:29A yes could lead to further tensions between the pro-Western leadership and the Moscow-leaning

08:33breakaway region of Transnistria in the country's east, where pro-Russian separatists rule.

08:40Incumbent President Maya Sandu, a vocal supporter of Moldova's EU membership, is leading the

08:45presidential race according to recent polls, as well as a yes outcome in the referendum.

08:55Sweden's gang violence has become so severe that its homicide rate linked to gang warfare

09:00is now one of the highest in Europe.

09:03Journalists spoke with a young man who wishes to remain anonymous.

09:08After starting as a drug dealer, he now commits other crimes advertised on encrypted messaging

09:13systems.

09:15For example, in Malmö, 30,000 people were killed, 800,000 in Malmö, 500,000 in Stockholm,

09:25and 500,000 in Norrköping.

09:27They are bigger people, and they are capable of doing things back at you.

09:33I have never killed anyone, I have killed many.

09:38Criminals have turned to minors, who face the prospect of juvenile justice rather than

09:42life sentences in the adult system for contract killings.

09:45You recruit children because they are not able to think what is right or wrong at that

09:52age, and then it is easy to manipulate them with money or other things.

09:58For example, you buy them clothes in the beginning, and then they think,

10:02he was still nice and stood up for me.

10:04That's how it started.

10:08Escalating gang violence is fuelled by arms and drug trafficking,

10:11which flood Sweden's major ports.

10:13Since 2013, the number of fatal shootings in the country has more than doubled,

10:18according to official statistics.

10:21Much of the violence takes place in larger cities,

10:24but has begun to spread to smaller towns.

10:33The 2024 Lumière Festival in Lyon has kicked off,

10:37bringing together iconic stars to celebrate the art of cinema,

10:41with restored classics and retrospectives.

10:45Euronews Culture caught up with several A-listers' attendees

10:48to ask what movie first inspired them to pursue a career in filmmaking.

10:57My favourite film is certainly Le Chantant sous la pluie,

11:00which is a film of great spectacle,

11:03both in its banal vision, its technicolor,

11:07and its choreography and music.

11:13Beber and the Omnibus, which fascinated me,

11:16because I was a kid, and this kid who did the 400 shots,

11:19really gave me, it's the magic of cinema,

11:22it's the first time it really touched me.

11:26It's a film that represents heritage, because it's the Dolce Vita.

11:32Now in its 16th edition,

11:34the festival celebrates the rich history of cinema

11:37and offers a program that blends restored classics

11:40and tributes to iconic film stars.

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