Poland grants Netanyahu safe passage to attend Auschwitz commemorations

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Meloni expects EU support for migrant centres. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is confident that Europe will back her plan to open migrant centres in Albania, calling it “perfectly in line” with the EU Migration and Asylum Pact. With the European Court of Justice set to review the case in February, Meloni on Thursday said that “based on her discussions with European counterparts”, most member states “will support Italy’s position before the Court”.

The main issue remains the designation of “safe countries” of origin, with Meloni saying that Italy’s High Court supports the government’s position – a claim that Euractiv has since debunked.

Another boat of migrants is expected to arrive in Albania around 11 January, but those working in the reception centre in Shengjin say they have been given no information, and only a skeleton staff of Italian employees remains.  (Alessia Peretti | Euractiv.it) 

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BUCHAREST | VIENNA

AGENDA:

• EU: Fisheries and Oceans Commissioner Costas Kadis receives representatives of European Movement International (EMI);
• Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib holds videoconference with International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric;

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[Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor-Braçe, Martina Monti, Sofia Mandilara]