What we asked: Please provide the finalized financial sum of the contract awarded to the cooperative Medihospes for the management and daily operation of the Gjadër facility, including any penalty clauses or supplements added due to the delayed opening in 2024.
Under the Italy-Albania protocol, what specific emergency evacuation protocols and financial mechanisms has the Ministry enacted for transferring detained individuals from Gjadër back to Italian sovereign territory if their asylum appeal requires in-person judicial review or if they develop severe psychiatric distress?
Please provide copies of the itemized construction and infrastructural costs incurred by the Italian government to clear, secure, and build upon the former Gjadër military base, including the costs associated with establishing independent Italian utility and sewage links.
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Centro di Gjadër (CTRA + CPR)
Was: A historic Albanian Air Force base (also known as Lezhë-Zadrima Air Base) that was largely abandoned in 2000. It is uniquely known for its Cold War-era underground aircraft tunnels built into the adj
Centro di Gjadër is an extraterritorial Italian migrant holding and detention facility located on a former Albanian Air Force base. Opened in 2024, it is the inland counterpart to the Shengjin port hotspot and operates under the controversial Italy-Albania migration protocol.
Context & Operations: Migrants processed at the coastal hotspot are transported inland to Gjadër. The vast facility is heavily secured and partitioned into distinct zones: a holding area for asylum seekers undergoing accelerated border procedures (CTRA), a pre-removal detention centre for those slated for deportation (CPR), and a small prison facility. Although the camp is physically located in Albania, it acts as an enclosed Italian enclave, applying Italian and EU law, and is overseen by Rome's administrative and judicial authorities.
Funding & Contractors: The site's construction and operations are entirely funded by the Italian government at significant expense. The daily management, catering, and on-site services of the facility are contracted out to the large Italian private cooperative Medihospes, while security is maintained directly by Italian police and penitentiary forces.
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