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Asylum: Albania

Commons · Question 34801 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department have made an assessment of the efficacy of the Government’s illegal migration returns agreement with Albania.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 19 Mar 2025

The UK and Albania have established a close and productive relationship on irregular migration and returns over recent years. 2024 saw 616 Albanian nationals arrive in the UK from Albania by small boat, a reduction from 12,658 in 2022. In the same year, 5...