Repatriations under the Italy-Albania agreement increased by 20% to 30% annually.
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- The claimed annual growth rate of 20–30% is substantially higher than the actual rate of approximately 10–12% per year. A 20–30% annual compound increase would have produced cumulative growth of roughly 73–119% over three years (2022–2025), whereas the actual cumulative increase over that period was approximately 40–52%.
- Omissions
- The MEP did not cite a specific source for the 20–30% annual growth figure.
- No primary official report or database could be located directly; the available data comes from an official Ministry of Interior social media communication and a secondary journalistic source. Two fully independent authoritative secondary sources or one primary source confirming the exact claim could not be found.
- The normalized text attributes the repatriation growth specifically to the Italy-Albania agreement, whereas the original Italian text speaks about repatriations generally, without specifying the Albania protocol.
- The MEP also stated a goal of 10,000 annual repatriations; in 2025, Italy carried out 6,097 repatriations, leaving a significant gap to that target.
- Sources
- SecondaryBrussels SignalSince the Meloni government took office in October 2022, the total number of repatriations has increased by more than 40 per cent.