Italy has warned it will block the transfer of a 22-year-old Somali asylum seeker, first identified in Italy and then moved to Germany, scheduled for August 19. The German Interior Ministry declined to comment. "We do not comment on individual cases," said spokeswoman Sonja Kock, who stated there is close cooperation between the two countries, according to the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
Asylum seekers who apply for protection in the first European Union country where they were identified, according to the Dublin Regulation of 2003, and then move to another state and submit a new application, are called "duplicants." The rule stipulates their return to the country of first entry, which is responsible for examining the application.
Eurostat data for 2025, cited by Ansa, shows an imbalance. Italy received 24.152 readmission requests from other EU countries, with only 85 accepted. Germany sent 35.993 requests, with 5.377 transfers completed. Rome maintains that the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, in force since June 12, has eliminated the backlog. Berlin disagrees and has requested the return of three migrants who arrived before that date.
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The Supreme Court reaffirmed: citizenship is born with the person.
- New legal front opened
- Processes can still be filed.
- Individual assessment before any decision.
