๐๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ถ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ-๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฒฬ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, ๐บ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฒฬ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ!
Come realtร dal basso, movimenti sociali, associazioni, abbiamo dato vita al Network Against Migrant Detention, una rete transnazionale che si oppone al sistema della detenzione amministrativa e all’esternalizzazione delle frontiere.
Il comunicato congiunto che alleghiamo sotto racchiude rivendicazioni politiche e obiettivi che vogliamo perseguire
Contro i CPR, contro le politiche migratorie razziste e neocoloniali del governo Meloni, contro il nuovo Patto europeo sulla Migrazione e Asilo.
๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฬ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐!
The Italy-Albania Protocol is a failure from every perspective!
Despite the decision of the Italian government to suspend the deportation of migrant people to Albania, we as Network Against Migrant Detention have decided to stick to our mobilization on December 1 and 2 in Tirana, as well as at the centers in Gjadรซr and Shรซngjin, to express our dissent against the deportation system established by the Protocol. While this failure represents a temporary stalemate, we are well aware that the logic driving these policies is far from defeated.
Just weeks after the Protocolโs implementation, the use of the hotspot and detention facilities in Albania has been suspended, at least until the European Court of Justice issues its rulings. The mechanism has stumbled over the definition of a “Safe Country of Origin” temporarily challenged by the October 4, 2024 ruling by the European Court of Justice. The ruling states that a country cannot be deemed safe unless it is so across its entire territory and for everyone. In practice, every case must be evaluated individually, and judges must consider whether the country in question is actually safe for the specific individual at the time of the decision. Thanks to this ruling, Italian judges have repeatedly disregarded the executive orders imposed by the Meloni government through emergency legislative decrees.
While this partial victory reflects a European legal framework that still withstands the harsh blows inflicted by illiberal right-wing forces and governments of all political stripes, it has been achieved through struggles, above all those of migrant people themselves, affirming the right to asylum and freedom of movement. Therefore, we believe that relying solely on the judicial system is insufficient to halt these policies. The horizon towards which the Protocol is heading is the implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum planned for June 2026. This will introduce new criteria for defining safe countries of origin, broadening the scope for accelerated border procedures. At that point, the design of externalization embodied by the Italy-Albania Protocol might face no further obstacles and could serve as a model to be replicated in other EU Member States.
For this reason, over 200 activists from Italy, Albania, and Greece have gathered this weekend in Tirana, staging protests in front of the hotspot at port of Shรซngjin, the detention center in Gjadรซr, the Albanian government headquarters, the Italian Embassy, and the European House.
Our goal is to lay the groundwork for a broad pan-european and transnational mobilization capable of opposing these policies in the long term.
As members of the Network Against Migrant Detention, we demand:
– The dismantling of Italian detention centers on Albanian territory, rejecting any repurposing for other forms of detention
– The abolition of any form of administrative detention for migrant people and asylum seekers.
– The abolition of the concept of a “Safe Country of Origin,” which serves only to restrict international protection.
– The withdrawal of Italian military forces from Albanian territory and their immediate return to Italy.
– The opening of safe, legal and accessible pathways, the right to mobility and self-determination for all migrant people, and the granting of the right to circulate freely, regardless of motivations and status recognition
The Network Against Migrant Detention sets the following objectives:
– To oppose the Meloni-Rama Protocol and the model it represents through various political tools, including information campaigns, public mobilizations, strategic litigation, and pressure involving opposition politicians from Italy and Europe, creating a broad, cross-sectoral, and interdisciplinary movement.
– To obstruct the construction of new detention and deportation centers and the strengthening of existing ones in Italy and Europe, promoting a counter-narrative to the populist rhetoric that exploits fear to justify militarized forms of security. This includes exposing the administrative detention industry, highlighting violations of fundamental rights within detention centers, and proposing a reception model centered on dignity, autonomy, and the development of migrant peopleโs life projects.
– To build a transnational and trans-European movement that establishes the struggle for universal freedom of movement as a fundamental condition for the radical democratization of this political space. This movement stands against both the rise of nationalist, illiberal conservatism in Europe and the neoliberal institution of the EU. Both in continuity with each other, reinforce violent systems of rejection and selection of migrant people.
– To forge connections beyond European territories with those opposing the EU’s border externalization policies, rejecting the neocolonial coercion imposed by agreements with third countries in exchange for European integration and economic support.
