EU interior ministers approved a controversial migration agreement, known as the "Albania model," to establish repatriation hubs outside the bloc.Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi called the deal a turning point, anticipating a draft law for its implementation once the migrant processing center in Albania is operational.Despite concerns about the "safe countries" designation, including
Egypt and
Tunisia, critics have decried the agreement as an "atrocity" violating the
Geneva Convention.