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By Aidą Kadyrzhanova in Prague Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scrambling to defend her flagship migrant deal with Albania after a legal ruling dealt it a major blow. The agreement, designed to ease pressure on Italy by sending migrants rescued at sea to Albania for processing, hit a roadblock when Italian judges ordered the return of 12 migrants back to Italy, arguing their countries of origin were not entirely “safe”. The ruling was issued just days after a ship carrying the first group of migrants arrived at the Albania port of Shengjin on October 16. In response, Meloni’s governme…

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