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"700 Albanian families live on our taxes", Rama reacts after Mahmood's statement: Albanians are net contributors to the British economy!

2025-11-19 10:30:24Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted to the statement of the United Kingdom Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, who said that "around 700 Albanian families" are living in accommodation funded by British taxpayers after failed asylum claims, as an argument for resuming the return of families.

Rama called this statement "disappointing" and criticized the fact that a representative of the Labor government is "echoing the rhetoric of the populist extreme right."

Edi Rama's full post:

Quite disappointing to hear the UK Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, mention “around 700 Albanian families” living in taxpayer-funded accommodation after failed asylum claims, as justification for resuming family returns.

How can a Labour Home Secretary so weakly echo the rhetoric of the far-right populist — and single out 700 Albanian families, a statistical dot in the ocean of post-Brexit Britain’s challenges — precisely at a time when the UK and Albania have built one of the most successful partnerships in Europe on illegal migration?

Let me remind the Home Secretary that, thanks to intensive joint work since the end of 2022, irregular arrivals from Albania to the UK have all but disappeared. Migration control has worked. Meanwhile, the UK's movement and visa restrictions remain a relic of the Braverman era — a failure that undermines both the fundamental freedom of movement of people and the British economy itself.

Let's be clear: Albanians are net contributors to the British economy, and the number of Albanians receiving benefits in the UK is very low compared to other communities. To consistently single them out is not politics — it is a disturbing and inappropriate exercise in demagogy.

Albania is, and intends to remain, one of the UK’s most active allies in controlling migration. The UK should seek ways to deepen cooperation with Albania on all security issues — from security to border protection — rather than repeatedly blaming Albanians, thereby exposing the citizens of an allied country to increased risks, including from extremist groups that feed on these narratives.

Official policy should never be guided by ethnic stereotyping. That is the minimum humanity expects from Great Britain.


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