Europe is increasingly outsourcing its immigration and prison systems, with countries such as Italy, Denmark and the UK striking controversial agreements to manage migrant processing or prisoner overcrowding outside their borders. The Western Balkans region, neighbouring the European Union but not yet part of it, is one of the areas other European states are looking to. Two examples involve Albania and Kosovo, which are working with Italy and Denmark respectively. Italy’s migrant processing in Albania Italy’s refugee camps in Albania are expected to open in November 2024, marking a significant…