Albania operates a single dedicated immigration detention facility, the Karreç Detention Centre. In a submission to the UN Committee against Torture, the GDP raised concerns regarding conditions in the facility, as well as reports of the use of ad hoc detention sites and the country’s facilitation of Italian-managed detention centres on its territory. […]
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