Albania approves deal to hold migrants in Italy
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centres that will be fully run by Italy, under a deal that worries many human rights activists. Also: Former Brazilian footballer Dani Alves is jailed in Spain for four and a half years for a sex attack, and the mystery of a village menaced by poison pen letters 100 years ago is turned into a film.
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| 0:19.8 | Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Kereshi and at 14 hours, GMT on Thursday the 22nd of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:30.0 | Albania's parliament ratifies a controversial asylum deal with Italy. |
| 0:34.0 | The actual means absolute of voters, vote |
| 0:36.0 | and yes, or ha perhaps vote team. |
| 0:39.0 | Also, the former Brazilian footballer Danny Alves is jailed in Spain for four and a half years for a sex attack. |
| 0:47.0 | We report from a plane trying to drop aid in northern Gaza. |
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| 0:55.4 | by G20 leaders about the death of Alexei Navalny. |
| 1:01.6 | Also in this podcast. |
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| 1:11.0 | Why experts say eating ultra-processed foods should be seen as similar to smoking cigarettes. |
| 1:17.0 | Albania's parliament has ratified a controversial asylum deal with Italy |
| 1:26.4 | which will see two reception centres set up on Albanian territory for migrants |
| 1:30.4 | rescued at sea by Italian authorities. In return Albania will receive up to |
| 1:34.8 | 650 million dollars over a period of five years for the construction and |
| 1:39.8 | operation of the hubs. In a noisy session peppered with horns and whistles, the deal |
| 1:44.8 | passed with the backing of 77 MPs out of the 140 seat parliament with the |
| 1:50.2 | opposition boycotting the vote. But earlier I spoke to protocol in the |
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