Illegal immigrants, The Guardian: Albania complains about cooperation with Britain

2022-11-02 11:04:06Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Illegal immigrants, The Guardian: Albania complains about cooperation with
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Albania criticizes the lack of cooperation of Great Britain for crossings in the English Channel".

This is the title of an article recently published by "The Guardian", where it is underlined that "government sources in Tirana said that repeated attempts to obtain information from Great Britain about those traveling in the small boats had failed, let them operate in the dark."

"We have done everything that was asked of us. The only thing we have asked from our British friends is to give us some information about the 140,000 Albanians living in Britain. Only Great Britain has information on the roads", said a source of the Albanian government to the British media.

More than 38,000 migrants have arrived in Britain in small boats across the Channel so far this year. About 12,000 are reported as Albanians compared to a total of 800 last year and 50 in 2020.

Dan O'Mahoney, the commander for the Border Force, said on Monday that the numbers equated to "1% to 2%" of Albanian males between the ages of 20 and 40.

"Albanian government sources expressed disappointment at the lack of effective cooperation, based on concerns about this issue in the British government. "Tirana has provided Border Force officers to operate in Dover, as requested by the Home Office, and officials have checked those flying out of Albania," the article states.

The British media underlines that the main disappointment in Tirana is the failure of the United Kingdom government to implement an agreement for the rapid deportation of those Albanians who arrive illegally in the United Kingdom.

 


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