(AFP) A Sicilian court on Monday dealt a fresh blow to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s migrant policy by declaring applications for asylum from Egypt could not be fast-tracked.
Egypt was included on the government’s list of so-called “safe” countries to which migrants could be returned under an expedited process — a list updated only last month.
But the Catania court ruled Monday that Egypt cannot be considered a “safe” country, citing a European Court of Justice ruling from last month that the level of security in such nations must be “general and constant” for them to be considered safe.
