In Albania, a fan of the Italian head of government has opened the “Trattoria Meloni” – just a few steps away from her favorite project, an asylum seekers’ camp.
Giorgia Meloni as far as the eye can see: In the “Trattoria Meloni” in the northern Albanian port city of Shengjin, visitors can order fish or seafood, surrounded by 70 painted portraits of Meloni. “When cuisine, art and politics come together, wonderful things can happen,” owner Gjergj Luca told the AFP news agency. A few steps away, the selection of dishes is likely to be more limited. In the immediate vicinity of the restaurant is Meloni’s favorite project: a reception center for asylum seekers.
The 58-year-old is the son of a well-known Albanian actor and used to be a mime himself. He says he is fascinated by Meloni’s “extraordinary” personality. He hopes that she will visit his restaurant soon. He had the portraits of the party leader of the ultra-right Fratelli d’Italia, sometimes smiling, sometimes angry, created by the well-known Albanian artist Heliton Haliti.
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Meloni is a “very interesting, strong” personality, said Haliti – “even if her political convictions are not mine.” In the structurally weak region, the two reception camps, which are due to open in the coming weeks, are welcome as workplaces.
Migrants will be held in the fully fenced camps set up by Italy while the Italian authorities decide on their asylum applications. This was agreed by Meloni with her Albanian colleague Edi Rama in November last year.
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Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the Italian coast guard are to be divided up: women and children are to be brought to Italy, up to 3,000 men to camps in Albania. The human rights organization Amnesty International denounced an “automatic and possibly prolonged detention” of the refugees.
Source: Stern
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