Italy's government is hailing as "historic" a plan to send seaborne migrants to Albania, but experts and opposition politicians warn that it could face significant bureaucratic and human rights obstacles. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the initiative on Monday with her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, saying her country would build two centres to host up to 36,000 migrants per year on Albanian soil. The centres, one on the coast for identification and another inland for detention, would be paid in full by Italy and operate under its jurisdiction, meaning they would be covered by European Union asylum rules.
much, it s always great to get your point of view. it s the right point of view. god bless you. ainsley: god bless you. brian: look for your book coming out in december. steve: life, liberty and levin sunday nights at 8:00 eastern time right here on the fox news channel. 8:18 here in the east and still ahead, new york city offering students college credit to help migrants fill out asylum requests. we are going to explain that coming up next.
arrive wednesday ahead of an expected influx of migrants when title 42 ends thursday. the deployment of active duty troops is not to do enforcement work, not to interact with the migrants, but to provide other support so that our border patrol agents can be out in the field. reporter: the biden administration plans to enact a policy that would block most asylum requests if migrants have passed through another country, like mexico, without applying for protection in that country first. arizona senator kyrsten sinema is accusing republicans and democrats of playing politics with a broken immigration system. this is a crisis for our border communities and migrants. unfortunately, the parties are thinking about this from a political perspective rather than a human perspective. reporter: the political divide is also playing out in washington as congressional leaders are set to meet president biden tuesday, looking to hammer out a deal on raising the debt ceiling. lawmakers remain sp
42, comes to an end on thursday. in preparation, the biden administration has deployed 1500 active duty troops in texas. in texas, the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, who toured the region this week has called on congress for additional federal resources for border officials to deal with asylum requests. your co-chair of the congressional haiti caucus and the administration said last week that it will continue deportations of haitian migrants illegally entering the country. as you know, i went to the border when they were but it will maintain, according to what is said, a humanitarian parole program for providing legal migration pathways for patients after the thursday deadline. are you satisfied with that