"They include Italy, whose hard-right government opened migrant reception centres in Albania that have now morphed into repatriation outfits. "Externalisation policies might result in people being subjected to torture or other illtreatment, collective expulsions and arbitrary detention or may put their lives in danger," said the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty. "Such policies might also hinder effective access to asylum and deprive individuals of legal remedies," he said."
"A new report by the council -- Europe's human rights watchdog -- identifies three areas in which risks are "particularly acute". These are "external processing of asylum claims; external return procedures..; and the outsourcing of border control to other countries, some of which have a documented history of serious violations against people on the move". Last month, the EU Court of Justice ruled in favour of Italian judges who had ordered the repatriation to Italy of asylum seekers expelled to Albania by Giorgia Meloni's government."
Council of Europe urged its 46 member states not to outsource processing of asylum seekers to third countries because such outsourcing risks torture, killing, or other ill-treatment. Several European nations, including Italy, have started outsourcing asylum handling to non-EU countries, with Italy opening migrant reception centres in Albania that became repatriation outfits. Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty warned that externalisation may lead to torture, collective expulsions, arbitrary detention, hinder access to asylum and deprive legal remedies. A council report identifies three particularly acute risk areas: external processing of claims, external return procedures, and outsourcing border control to countries with histories of serious violations. Recent court rulings have blocked or questioned transfers and repatriations.
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