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Italian navy brings first migrants to Albania centre

(ANSA-AFP) - SHÓNGJIN, OCT 16 - A navy boat carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked at Shengjin port in Albania on Wednesday, AFP journalists saw, the first arrivals under a new deal between Rome and Tirana. The Italian navy vessel arrived after a 36-hour voyage carrying 16 men from Bangladesh and Egypt who will be settled in prefabricated housing where their asylum requests will be processed. (ANSA-AFP).