00:01An investigation into human rights violations at the controversial Italian migrant centres established in Albania has won an EU Journalism
00:10Prize.
00:12The investigation was published by Dutch outlet The Correspondent in January.
00:17It puts into question the legality of the two centres that opened in 2024 and were built to accommodate asylum
00:25seekers rescued at sea while Italian authorities reviewed their applications.
00:30Following repeated legal setbacks, Giorgia Maloney's government repurposed the centres in March of 2025 to detain irregular migrants already in
00:40Italy ahead of their deportation to their countries of origin.
00:44The report documented violations of fundamental rights and European law in the treatment of migrants in their transfer to the
00:52centres.
00:52The centres have become a model for European migration policy as several countries seek to create return hubs.
00:59And the report now issues a warning on the new EU policy on migration.
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