Albanian parliament ratifies migration deal with Italy


FILE PHOTO: General view of the parliament in Tirana, Albania, April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Florion Goga

TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's parliament on Thursday ratified a migration deal with Italy allowing it to build processing centers for migrants in the Balkan country.

Seventy-seven deputies in the 140-seat parliament voted in favour of the deal, announced in November, under which European Union member Italy will open two camps across the Adriatic Sea in Albania, which is not an EU member.

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