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Rebecca Rommen

EU lawmakers say they were blocked from fully inspecting Italy's migrant detention centre in Albania

A delegation of European Parliament members said on Monday they were prevented from carrying out a full inspection of the Italian-run migrant detention centre in Gjadër, northwest Albania - a facility at the centre of one of Europe's most debated offshore migration experiments.

"Today's visit was very disappointing and disgraceful. The staff really created a lot of obstacles for us," said Tineke Strik, a Greens/EFA MEP who was among those on the visit.

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