Government of Italy (Palazzo Chigi / Interior Ministry)
Ownership as documented
Government of Italy; facilities on Albanian soil built and run under Italian jurisdiction.
Description
Party to the 6 November 2023 protocol with Albania on the Shengjin hotspot and Gjader centre. Since March 2025 (decree-law 37) Gjader operates as a repatriation centre (CPR).
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Italy: centres funding through 2028 (Amnesty figure)
€670,000,000
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Reported allocation through 2028; QuiFinanza and ratification law cite about EUR 650m over 5 years; technical report about EUR 653m. Figures differ by definition.
Date: Aug 2026 · Payer: Italian state · Payee: Albanian facilities (Shengjin, Gjader)
- L'Espresso: Amnesty report on Albania centres (EUR 670m allocated through 2028; EUR 74m spent on construction) (opens in a new tab)L'Espresso · Aug 2026 · journalism · OTHER
- QuiFinanza: Albania centres, EUR 650m allocated but no results (Meloni meets Rama) (opens in a new tab)QuiFinanza · undated · journalism · OTHER
Gjader centre: cost for a few days of operation in 2024 (ActionAid calculation)
€570,400
paymentSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: ActionAid's own calculation for 20 people, filed with Corte dei conti; not an official figure.
Date: 2024 · Payer: Italian state · Payee: Gjader centre operations
- QuiFinanza: Albania centres, EUR 650m allocated but no results (Meloni meets Rama) (opens in a new tab)QuiFinanza · undated · journalism · OTHER
Construction spent so far (Amnesty figure)
€74,000,000
paymentSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Reported spend on construction as of 2026; source Amnesty via L'Espresso.
Date: Aug 2026 · Payer: Italian state · Payee: Construction contractors
- L'Espresso: Amnesty report on Albania centres (EUR 670m allocated through 2028; EUR 74m spent on construction) (opens in a new tab)L'Espresso · Aug 2026 · journalism · OTHER
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 6 Nov 2023
Italy-Albania migrant centres protocol (Shengjin and Gjader)
The protocol signed by Meloni and Rama on 6 November 2023 put two Italian-built and Italian-run facilities on Albanian soil: the Shengjin screening hotspot and the Gjader centre. Italian courts…
Status: Active; Italy plans to move accelerated procedures to Gjader under the EU Pact (in force June 2026); EU Court of Justice references pending.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- L'Espresso
- Date
- Aug 2026
- Publisher
- L'Espresso
- Date
- 12 May 2026