Migrants transferred from Albania to Italy after court ruling

Dozens of migrants left Italian-run facilities in Albania on Saturday after judges in Rome refused to approve their detention.

The migrants arrived in Albania on Tuesday, the third group transferred under Italy's effort to outsource migrant processing to a non-EU country and speed up repatriations of failed asylum seekers.

On Friday, Rome's Court of Appeals referred the case of the latest group of 43 migrants to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The 43 were among 49 people intercepted by the Italian authorities as they tried to cross the Mediterranean. Italy is the first port of call for many migrants who make the dangerous journey on small boats from North Africa to Europe. Almost 3,400 migrants have landed on Italy's shores so far this year.