Italy's government on Monday passed a decree aimed at overcoming court objections to its flagship immigration plan that is aimed at deterring boat migrants by sending them to detention camps in Albania.

Italy's hard-right government passed a new law Monday to overcome legal opposition to a migrant deal with Albania, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused judges of political bias.

A court in Italy has ruled against the right-wing government’s move to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in Albania

The Italian government vowed on Friday to push ahead with its contested plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad, saying it would appeal against a court's ruling that a group of migrants in reception centres in Albania should be taken to Italy.

Italian judges ruled Friday against the detention of the first migrants sent for processing in Albania, dealing a major blow to a flagship policy of Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's Cabinet was discussing on Monday how to retrieve its plans to process refugees entering the country by sea in Albania following defeat of the initial plan in the courts.

Italy's government was set to adopt on Monday a decree aimed at overruling court objections to its flagship plan to set up migrant detention camps in Albania to deter sea arrivals from North Africa. The plan,

ROME, OCT 21 - The populist leftwing opposition 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Monday lodged a complaint with the Audit Court over the government's recent transfer of 16 migrants to one of two new Italian-run processing centres in Albania claiming that the operation hurt State coffers.