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Italian police officers stand guard inside a recently build Italian-run migrant centre at the port of Shengjin, some 60 kms northwest of Tirana, on June 5, 2024. The controversial deal to host two holding centres for migrants rescued in Italian water, approved by Albania's parliament on February 2024 and regularly denounced by opposition parties in both countries as well as by rights groups, allows for two centres to be built near the Albanian port of Shengjin, where migrants would register for asylum, as well as a facility in the same region to house those awaiting a response to their applications. (Photo by Adnan Beci / AFP)