Heba Press
Italy has updated the safe countries of origin (migrants) whose citizens seeking asylum in Rome can be deported to their country of origin, in a bid to save the migrant deal with Italy. Albania.
The update includes 19 countries, including 4 Arab countries, namely Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia, in addition to Albania, Senegal and another country, and this list will be updated updated semi-annually.
The updated list comes after the Italian Council of Ministers this week approved Ministerial Decree No. 101 of October 21, which includes provisions regarding procedures for obtaining international protection and determining the list of countries safe, according to the Italian agency ANSA.
The total number of asylum applications in Italy in July 2024 amounted to more than 13,000 applications, while the number of citizens from outside the European Union who applied for asylum for the first time in one of the European Union countries reached more than 74,000 people. , according to the Moroccan newspaper “HIBAPRESS”.
Italy seeks a united approach from the European Union to resolve the migration problem and rejects responsibility for the influx of illegal immigrants on the ships of various non-governmental organizations involved in rescuing refugees in maritime straits closest to Italy.
