Europe's top court on Friday questioned the legitimacy of the "safe countries" list Italy uses to send migrants to Albania and fast-track their asylum claims, in a fresh blow to a key plank of the government's migration policy.

The EU’s top court has ruled against Italy’s use of Albania-based migrant detention centres, saying countries can't declare another nation "safe" for asylum seekers unless that safety applies to all i

The specific case that led to the ECJ's opinion involved two Bangladeshi nationals who were rescued at sea by Italian authorities and taken to Italy's detention centre in Albania,