Italy Discovers Albania: The New Offshore Detention Center
Al Jazeera reports Italy’s PM Meloni is 'determined' to continue her novel plan of detaining migrants in Albania, far from the critical gaze of domestic human rights groups. This isn't innovation, it's outsourcing; a tactic favored by nations keen to maintain a facade of compassion while skirting international obligations. The move, as Al Jazeera coyly notes, faces 'numerous legal challenges and
human rights criticism,' which seems to be the highest praise for modern European migration policy. One might wonder if the 'human rights criticism' would dissipate if Albania simply rebranded these centers as 'processing facilities for return to preferred nations.' After all, it's less about humane treatment and more about optics for electorates who prefer their humanitarian crises kept out of
sight and out of mind, preferably on someone else's soil (and dime).