Law No. 75/2025, effective from 24 May 2025, converts Legislative Decree No. 37/2025 and significantly expands Italy?s legal framework on the detention of migrants and asylum seekers, particularly regarding facilities established in Albania under the bilateral Italy-Albania Protocol.
The law amends legislative acts, such as the Immigration Consolidated Act (Legislative Decree 286/1998), the Asylum Procedures Decree (Legislative Decree 25/2008) and the Reception Decree (Legislative Decree 142/2015), to allow the detention of asylum seekers in Albanian centers when their application is believed to be aimed solely at delaying deportation. It also introduces a system that permits renewed detention orders if initial detention is not validated by a judge, enabling continued detention under certain conditions. Moreover, the law extends the use of accelerated asylum procedures at border or transit zones, including new facilities in Shengjin and Gjader (Albania) to a broader range of applicants.
Related procedural rules and appeal deadlines are updated to reflect these changes, reducing appeal periods to 7 days in applicable cases.
Overall, this law anticipates the implementation of the EU Asylum and Migration Pact (in particular Regulation 2024/1348) by aligning national policies with the Pact's provisions, especially those concerning fast-track border procedures and external border management.