Economic hope or human rights headache? Italy's migrant camp in Albania sparks debate

Albania, which sits across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, was until the early 1990s one of the most isolated communist regimes in the world. But a new migrant camp in the country, under Italian jurisdiction, represents the first time a European Union country has located the processing of asylum claims offshore.

Economic hope or human rights headache? Italy's migrant camp in Albania sparks debate
Small blue and white housing units are surrounded by steel bars.

Albania, which sits across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, was until the early 1990s one of the most isolated communist regimes in the world. But a new migrant camp in the country, under Italian jurisdiction, represents the first time a European Union country has located the processing of asylum claims offshore.