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Italy Tightens Immigration: Asylum Centers Become Deportation Hubs

3/29/2025

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Italy's right-wing government is intensifying its immigration policies by transforming Albanian asylum processing centres into deportation hubs for migrants whose asylum requests have been denied. This decision aligns with a European Commission proposal for return hubs. Furthermore, new citizenship laws restrict automatic citizenship for descendants born abroad to just two generations, tightening control over Italian passports.

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Italy's right-wing government is intensifying its immigration policies by transforming Albanian asylum processing centres into deportation hubs for migrants whose asylum requests have been denied. This decision aligns with a European Commission proposal for return hubs. Furthermore, new citizenship laws restrict automatic citizenship for descendants born abroad to just two generations, tightening control over Italian passports.