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Alex Croft

Italian navy ship drops off 49 migrants in Albania despite previous court rejections

Italian navy ship Cassiopea, carrying migrants as part of a deal with Italy to process thousands of asylum-seekers caught near Italian waters - (REUTERS)

An Italian navy ship has dropped off 49 migrants in Albania after intercepting them in international waters, in the third attempt to carry out a contentious plan to relocate migrants to be processed under a deal between the two countries.

The attempt to process the migrants at special centres in Albania follows two failed attempts in October and November, when Italian judges refused to approve the detention of two small groups in the centres.

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