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Italy again sends a ship with 8 migrants to Albanian detention centers

The Italian ship ‘Libra’, used by the government of Giorgia Meloni to transfer immigrants to its controversial detention centers in Albania, sails with 8 migrants to the Balkan country, as sources on board have confirmed to EFE.

The ship left last night for Albania and could arrive at port tomorrow, Thursday, or Friday, depending on weather conditions.

The government of the far-right Meloni is using this ship to welcome certain immigrants on the high seas – adult and healthy men from countries considered safe – and take them first to the center of Shengjin and then to Gjader, according to the agreement signed with Albania.

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The first time Meloni implemented this strategy was on October 16, but it failed: the ship only brought 16 immigrants from Egypt and Bangladesh and 4 of them had to be immediately returned to Italy for being minor or “vulnerable.”

Shortly after, the remaining twelve also had to be taken out of Albania and taken to Italy because a Court in Rome determined that neither Egypt nor Bangladesh could be considered “safe countries”, under the ref a judgment of the Court of the European Union.

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This was the beginning of a harsh confrontation between the Executive and Judicial powers, to which the Government reacted by shielding the list of “safe countries” by law and keeping Egypt and Bangladesh in it.

Given the outcry that aroused the first time it was carried out, on October 16, this new operation is being carried out with the utmost discretion.

Meloni thus insists on carrying out this plan that, in its implementation, aroused great interest among its community partners, but which is being threatened by the repeated sentences of some Italian courts.

This Monday, the Court of Catania (south) – as did the one in Rome – annulled the arrest of an Egyptian maintaining that Egypt is not a safe country and thus going against the government law, while the Court of Bologna (north) has addressed the European justice to assess the legitimacy of this migration protocol.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

International

Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.