Giorgia Meloni
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Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Profile
Italian prime minister and architect of the Italy-Albania migrant arrangement (protocol signed 6 November 2023). Promoted the 'Albania model' at the 13 November 2025 intergovernmental summit in Rome.
Response from Giorgia Meloni
Calls the arrangement a model; public statements on the centres are in Italian press. No 2026 Meloni quote praising Rama was found.
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 6 Nov 2023
Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader)
The protocol signed by Meloni and Rama on 6 November 2023 put two Italian-built and Italian-run facilities on Albanian soil: the Shengjin screening hotspot and the Gjader centre. Italian courts…
Status: Active; Italy plans to move accelerated procedures to Gjader under the EU Pact (in force June 2026); EU Court of Justice references pending.
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Connections
Open the map →Migrant protocol (2023)
Evidence: Protocol signed 6 Nov 2023 for Shengjin and Gjader; five-year term to 2029 (L'Espresso, May 2026).
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 13 Nov 2025
'L'Albania si comporta già come uno stato europeo' (Albania already behaves like a European state), at the Rome intergovernmental summit.
Speaker: Giorgia Meloni
Adnkronos: Italy-Albania, Meloni hails 'historic day' for bilateral relations (opens in a new tab)Adnkronos · 13 Nov 2025 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
Summit produced a package of agreements; the migration protocol remains the core deal. The EU Court of Justice references are still pending (2026).
- Open: Advocate General opinion on Italian CPR centre in Albania (Meloni) (opens in a new tab)Open · 23 Apr 2026 · journalism · OTHER
- eunews: Albania centres - EU Advocate General says legitimate but must respect migrants' rights (opens in a new tab)eunews · 11 Jun 2026 · journalism · OTHER
Timeline
Government
Meloni and Rama sign the Italy-Albania migrant protocol
Protocol for Shengjin hotspot and Gjader centre, five-year term to 2029.
Linked: Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader) · Giorgia Meloni · Edi Rama
Government
Italy converts Gjader into a repatriation centre (decree-law 37)
Gjader becomes a CPR for people already held in Italy after courts blocked hub-style detentions (month only, day not confirmed).
Linked: Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader) · Giorgia Meloni
International
Italy-Albania intergovernmental summit in Rome; Meloni hails 'Albania model'
Package of agreements on migration, infrastructure and defence signed; Meloni said Albania already behaves like a European state; Rama said he would redo the migrant protocol 'a hundred times' with Italy.
Linked: Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader) · Giorgia Meloni · Edi Rama
International
EU Advocate General (Emiliou) finds Italy-Albania setup compatible with EU law, subject to safeguards
Non-binding opinion for the Court of Justice (per Open).
Linked: Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader) · Giorgia Meloni
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 5 sources
- Publisher
- Adnkronos
- Date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Publisher
- Panorama
- Date
- Nov 2025
- Publisher
- L'Espresso
- Date
- 12 May 2026
- Publisher
- Open
- Date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Publisher
- eunews
- Date
- 11 Jun 2026