TIRANA, June 5/ATA/ Prime Minister of Italy Georgia Meloni began her visit in Gjadër, where the accommodation structures have been set up according to the agreement for migrants.
Prime Minister Edi Rama is accompanying Meloni on this visit and together they saw the area of Gjadër that is covered by the Italy-Albania cooperation protocol on migration issues.
Further on, PM Rama and PM Meloni will hold a joint press conference.
Meloni was received at Rinas airport by Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.
PM Rama and PM Meloni signed on November 6, 2023 in Rome the agreement for building in Albania of a center for sheltering the migrants.
According to the agreement, the center will be located in Gjadër of Lezha and will have a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.
The agreement stipulates that all expenses will be paid by Italy, while the Italian side will proceed with the asylum requests.
Persons whose asylum procedure will not be approved will be repatriated to their countries of origin, according to the bilateral agreements that the Italian side has with those countries.
The duration of the agreement will be 5 years./r.e/p.s./
