# Italy and Albania sign offshore migration protocol

Date: 2023

Italy and Albania signed a protocol on 6 November 2023 establishing Italian-managed centres in Albania for specified migration procedures. This record covers the signed protocol; later court decisions, statutory changes and operational outcomes are separate events.

## People

- Giorgia Meloni: https://factrail.ai/people/giorgia-meloni

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness
- Protection of Minority Rights: https://factrail.ai/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-albania-reach-deal-asylum-seekers-2023-11-06/
- https://www.governo.it/it/articolo/protocollo-italia-albania/24116
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/13/italy-albania-deal-migrants-eu-offshore-centers-asylum/
- https://verfassungsblog.de/managing-migration-the-italian-way/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mig-fact-italy-albania-protocol