Monday’s meeting was part of two days of talks on sharing forensic and biometric data to crack down on any entrant with a criminal record in Albania, the Interior Ministry said. Patel and Albanian Interior Minister Bledi Çuçi signed an agreement to tackle criminal gangs that traffic people from the Balkan country across Europe in Calais. Experts from the UK and Albania’s law enforcement, intelligence and operational teams will help agree the final details of how frontline teams will work to deal with the influx of Albanians across the Channel. Figures published last week showed that 2,165 Albanians were recorded as arriving in the UK on small boats between January and June 2022, compared to just 23 detected in the same period the previous year. According to the Home Office, Albania is a “safe and prosperous country” and many nationals “travel to many countries to travel to the UK” before making “false asylum claims on arrival”. However, the Refugee Council said it would be wrong to pre-judge the cases and that the majority of asylum applications from Albanian nationals in the UK are accepted. The Home Office said the UK and Albanian governments are implementing new joint ways of working, including law enforcement working side-by-side in both countries to process arrivals, check crime databases and share information on real time. This pilot has already started. Patel said: “It is disgraceful and absurd that so many Albanian nationals are entering the UK on small boats when their home country of Albania is a safe country. In 2021, I signed our first removal agreement with the Government of Albania, which covered our joint cooperation in tackling organized crime, illegal immigration and law enforcement issues between our two countries. “This agreement has allowed me to return Albanian nationals on a weekly basis and their removal will now be expedited under this agreement alongside the measures put in place under the Nationality and Borders Act. These Albanian nationals are brought here illegally by organized crime networks that travel to many EU countries. They shop for asylum, make attempts to claim asylum in the UK in the hope that they can stay here and disappear into the criminal underworld fueled by Albanian gangs. We will bring it to the end.”

title: “Priti Patel Meets Albanian Police About Quick Removal Plan Immigration And Asylum Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “Richard Warren”

Monday’s meeting was part of two days of talks on sharing forensic and biometric data to crack down on any entrant with a criminal record in Albania, the Interior Ministry said. Patel and Albanian Interior Minister Bledi Çuçi signed an agreement to tackle criminal gangs that traffic people from the Balkan country across Europe in Calais. Experts from the UK and Albania’s law enforcement, intelligence and operational teams will help agree the final details of how frontline teams will work to deal with the influx of Albanians across the Channel. Figures published last week showed that 2,165 Albanians were recorded as arriving in the UK on small boats between January and June 2022, compared to just 23 detected in the same period the previous year. According to the Home Office, Albania is a “safe and prosperous country” and many nationals “travel to many countries to travel to the UK” before making “false asylum claims on arrival”. However, the Refugee Council said it would be wrong to pre-judge the cases and that the majority of asylum applications from Albanian nationals in the UK are accepted. The Home Office said the UK and Albanian governments are implementing new joint ways of working, including law enforcement working side-by-side in both countries to process arrivals, check crime databases and share information on real time. This pilot has already started. Patel said: “It is disgraceful and absurd that so many Albanian nationals are entering the UK on small boats when their home country of Albania is a safe country. In 2021, I signed our first removal agreement with the Government of Albania, which covered our joint cooperation in tackling organized crime, illegal immigration and law enforcement issues between our two countries. “This agreement has allowed me to return Albanian nationals on a weekly basis and their removal will now be expedited under this agreement alongside the measures put in place under the Nationality and Borders Act. These Albanian nationals are brought here illegally by organized crime networks that travel to many EU countries. They shop for asylum, make attempts to claim asylum in the UK in the hope that they can stay here and disappear into the criminal underworld fueled by Albanian gangs. We will bring it to the end.”

title: “Priti Patel Meets Albanian Police About Quick Removal Plan Immigration And Asylum Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Kirk Daniel”

Monday’s meeting was part of two days of talks on sharing forensic and biometric data to crack down on any entrant with a criminal record in Albania, the Interior Ministry said. Patel and Albanian Interior Minister Bledi Çuçi signed an agreement to tackle criminal gangs that traffic people from the Balkan country across Europe in Calais. Experts from the UK and Albania’s law enforcement, intelligence and operational teams will help agree the final details of how frontline teams will work to deal with the influx of Albanians across the Channel. Figures published last week showed that 2,165 Albanians were recorded as arriving in the UK on small boats between January and June 2022, compared to just 23 detected in the same period the previous year. According to the Home Office, Albania is a “safe and prosperous country” and many nationals “travel to many countries to travel to the UK” before making “false asylum claims on arrival”. However, the Refugee Council said it would be wrong to pre-judge the cases and that the majority of asylum applications from Albanian nationals in the UK are accepted. The Home Office said the UK and Albanian governments are implementing new joint ways of working, including law enforcement working side-by-side in both countries to process arrivals, check crime databases and share information on real time. This pilot has already started. Patel said: “It is disgraceful and absurd that so many Albanian nationals are entering the UK on small boats when their home country of Albania is a safe country. In 2021, I signed our first removal agreement with the Government of Albania, which covered our joint cooperation in tackling organized crime, illegal immigration and law enforcement issues between our two countries. “This agreement has allowed me to return Albanian nationals on a weekly basis and their removal will now be expedited under this agreement alongside the measures put in place under the Nationality and Borders Act. These Albanian nationals are brought here illegally by organized crime networks that travel to many EU countries. They shop for asylum, make attempts to claim asylum in the UK in the hope that they can stay here and disappear into the criminal underworld fueled by Albanian gangs. We will bring it to the end.”

title: “Priti Patel Meets Albanian Police About Quick Removal Plan Immigration And Asylum Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “Chelsey Green”

Monday’s meeting was part of two days of talks on sharing forensic and biometric data to crack down on any entrant with a criminal record in Albania, the Interior Ministry said. Patel and Albanian Interior Minister Bledi Çuçi signed an agreement to tackle criminal gangs that traffic people from the Balkan country across Europe in Calais. Experts from the UK and Albania’s law enforcement, intelligence and operational teams will help agree the final details of how frontline teams will work to deal with the influx of Albanians across the Channel. Figures published last week showed that 2,165 Albanians were recorded as arriving in the UK on small boats between January and June 2022, compared to just 23 detected in the same period the previous year. According to the Home Office, Albania is a “safe and prosperous country” and many nationals “travel to many countries to travel to the UK” before making “false asylum claims on arrival”. However, the Refugee Council said it would be wrong to pre-judge the cases and that the majority of asylum applications from Albanian nationals in the UK are accepted. The Home Office said the UK and Albanian governments are implementing new joint ways of working, including law enforcement working side-by-side in both countries to process arrivals, check crime databases and share information on real time. This pilot has already started. Patel said: “It is disgraceful and absurd that so many Albanian nationals are entering the UK on small boats when their home country of Albania is a safe country. In 2021, I signed our first removal agreement with the Government of Albania, which covered our joint cooperation in tackling organized crime, illegal immigration and law enforcement issues between our two countries. “This agreement has allowed me to return Albanian nationals on a weekly basis and their removal will now be expedited under this agreement alongside the measures put in place under the Nationality and Borders Act. These Albanian nationals are brought here illegally by organized crime networks that travel to many EU countries. They shop for asylum, make attempts to claim asylum in the UK in the hope that they can stay here and disappear into the criminal underworld fueled by Albanian gangs. We will bring it to the end.”