What happens when borders move, but rights remain unchanged? In this episode, Pierluisa Maligno analyses the controversial Italy-Albania Protocol, signed by the Meloni government to manage migrants rescued at sea. An agreement that moves reception outside of Europe's borders, but brings with it profound implications on colonialism, racism, legality and human rights.
🎙️ Topics covered:

• What is the Italy-Albania Protocol, and how does it work

• The push-pull theory applied to sea migration.

• Externalisation of borders: a new form of colonialism?

• The role of media narrative and the spectacularization of rescues

• The silence of the institutions and the action of the Italian judiciary

• Why MEPs contest it

• The legal and humanitarian risks reported by Amnesty International

🎧 Host: Pierluisa Maligno What Rights? – Because rights are not negotiated, they are defended.

🎵 Music credits:"Jazz at Mladost Club – Balkan Improvisation"Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Jazz at Mladost Club - Balkan improvisation - Free Music Archive

🎙️ Listen to the episode to discover how the Albania Protocol becomes a symbol of an increasingly widespread model: externalising borders to dehumanise people.