A European Parliament delegation was blocked from conducting a full inspection of Italy's migrant detention centre in Gjadër, Albania, prompting Italian MEP Cristina Guarda (of the Greens and Left Alliance) to accuse the government of trying to "hide the truth" about conditions there. Staff refused to provide basic data — including the number of detainees — and barred the MEPs from accessing cells; testimony from those they did speak to described an existence of "limbo and alienation," while an official register recorded six suicide attempts at the facility since mid-May. The incident has raised fresh concerns about Italy's controversial Albania migrant scheme, a five-year deal costing an estimated €130–140 million annually that was intended to process asylum claims offshore and has been promoted as a model for other EU states, but has repeatedly faced legal challenges and accusations of rights violations.