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Meloni-themed restaurant opens near asylum-seeker camp in Albania

A painting of Giorgia Meloni  in the restaurant
Pictures of Giorgia Meloni adorn the walls of Trattoria Meloni in Shëngjin, Albania. The country has agreed a deal to process the asylum claims of people who arrive in EU by sea. Photograph: Adnan Beci/AFP/Getty Images

A restaurant dedicated to Giorgia Meloni has opened in the vicinity of a camp in Albania where the asylum claims of people who seek to enter the EU by sea will be processed as part of a controversial pact promoted by the Italian far-right prime minister.

Trattoria Meloni, a seafood restaurant in the northern port of Shëngjin, was opened by Gjergj Luca, a restaurant owner who is close to the Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama.

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