"Strasbourg Calling" The secrets of the Italy-Albania migration deal
The 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism was awarded to an investigation by the Dutch platform De Correspondent into the agreement between Italy and Albania, which provides for the detention of migrants and the processing of their asylum applications on Albanian territory. The investigation was conducted by Italian journalist Giacomo Zandonini and Dutch journalist Maite Vermeulen. Over 18 months, they tracked how the agreement operates, as several EU member states consider it a possible model for future European migration policy. The journalists uncovered serious obstacles to…
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