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Italy sends rejected migrants to detention centers in Albania

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The migrants will be held in Italian -built and run migrant centers located in Shengjin port, 66 kilometers ( 40 miles ) northwest of the capital, Tirana , and in Gjader .

Italy 's far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni approved a decree last month that expanded the use of the Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include the detention of rejected asylum seekers with deportation orders.

It is not clear how long rejected asylum-seekers may stay in Albania .