ROME (Reuters) - A Rome court on Friday rejected orders to detain a group of migrants in a reception facility in Albania and said they had a right to be brought to Italy, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad.

Prime Minister Meloni's flagship policy in doubt after a court rules that the first batch of migrants sent to Albania must now be returned to Italy. View on euronews

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has touted her plans to process migrants picked up in the Mediterranean Sea in Albania as a model for the rest of Europe. But a court in Rome blocked her scheme.