"With 2600 pounds, I will take you to England in a dinghy", how the Albanian journalist infiltrated the network of traffickers

2022-10-10 09:50:01Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"With 2600 pounds, I will take you to England in a dinghy", how the

The American dream has apparently been replaced by the English dream for Albanians.

This is because the number of Albanians who go illegally in dinghies to Great Britain has increased enormously in recent years.

According to official statistics from Great Britain, Albanians make up about 30% of the illegal immigrants who went to England this year by dinghy through the English Channel.

Four out of 10 immigrants who cross illegally come from Albania, British media have reported.

After the broadcast of the first episode, this time "Piranjat" under the moderation of Florjan Binaj and Arilena Arës come with an in-depth investigation, where they show step by step the challenges experienced by Albanians to go to England.

"Piranjave" journalist Eraldo Harlicaj became an immigrant for a week. He made the same journey and went through the same difficulties as any Albanian heading towards Britain.

The Piranhas have documented the ordeal of the Albanians to Britain.

To undertake this arduous adventure, Albanians travel by bus to Brussels, the first gathering point for Albanians.

The route followed by the Albania-Brussels bus is not at all usual.

Albania-Kosovo-North Macedonia-Serbia-Hungary-Germany and finally Belgium, full 2236 kilometers.

The whole deviation is done for a simple reason, because the checks on the Hungarian border are not so strict, and as a result no one questions the large flow of Albanians trying to go to the EU countries. also the risk of going back is small.

The journalist of "Piranjave" notes that most of the Albanians who go to Brussels are young.

From Brussels, the Albanians then go to the English Channel in France to cross it by barge, in order to arrive on British soil.

The discoveries about how trafficking works are endless.

"Piranja" Eraldo Harlicaj says that traffickers recruit illegal immigrants for the job of boatman.

The latter, in economic impossibility, offer themselves to become boatmen, without even knowing the most elementary basics of navigation.

In their hands is the life of hundreds of people who leave every day with overfilled rafts.

Part of the trafficker's conversation with the illegal immigrant about the street market

- For England? Are you going alone or not?

- I have my daughter-in-law, my brother's daughter-in-law and children.

- How did you find the way?

- I have my slave. 4500 pounds.

– What do you say mate, we get 2600 pounds and that's the maximum,.

- With rafts?

- Yes, with 25 people, not 40.

- Is there any place?

- I'll give you the number of the stranger, talk to him yourself. Maximum 3500 pounds, 900 pounds shared by three people. The Kurd wants 2 thousand pounds, 600 They want these to bring the raft.

"I hope we have someone who knows how to steer the dinghy. I wish you luck, we only have time to leave directly", these are the words of the Albanians who are headed by bus to Brussels to travel by raft to England.

Upon arriving in Brussels, the Albanians go to a hotel, even the receptionists know the reason for the arrival of the Albanians there, as they give them instructions for transportation.

After spending the night in the hotel, the Albanians try to find taxi contacts to go to the English Channel.

Upon arriving at the French coast, the Albanians get on the rafts to go to the final destination, Great Britain.


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