A second vulnerable adult migrant is set to return to Italy from Albania after four minors and a vulnerable man were sent back Tuesday from Italy's innovative but controversial migrant processing scheme in the Balkan country, sources said Wednesday.
According to the reports, among the 44 migrants taken Tuesday to the Gjader processing centre in Albania, another person with vulnerabilities has been identified who was taken to the medical clinic and should now be transferred to Italy.
Five of the migrants, who arrived Tuesday at the Shengjin hotspot, were then taken to Brindisi: four because they were found to be minors and one vulnerable adult.
The conditions of the asylum seekers are being independently monitored by UNHCR experts, in addition to that of the doctors of the Usmaf special unit of the Ministry of Health.
An Italian Navy ship picked up the 49 migrants and took them to Albania under the scheme that had so far been stymied by the courts.
Over the same span of time over 1,700 migrants reached Italian shores.
When up to speed the Albanian centres are set to process around 3,000 migrants a month.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has hailed the accord as a possible model for other countries, and there have been several expressions of interest.
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