Albanians to face immediate removal from UK under tough new asylum rules
2 years, 3 months ago

Albanians to face immediate removal from UK under tough new asylum rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And as we get a grip of illegal migration, we will create more of those routes, we will work with the UNHCR to identify those most in need so the UK remains a safe haven for the most vulnerable and we will introduce an annual quota on numbers set by parliament.” Mr Sunak’s plan to water down measures on modern slavery earned a chilly response from Theresa May, who introduced legislation to protect victims as prime minister. “he rapid removal of asylum seekers, in the absence of adequate vulnerability screening, quality legal advice and access to appeal will risk sending refugees back to unimaginable horrors.” After overcrowding at the Manston processing centre in Kent threw a spotlight on the government’s expenditure of more than £5m a day on hotels for asylum seekers, Mr Sunak unveiled plans for more permanent accommodation for those awaiting decisions. Mr Sunak claimed that the global system for providing asylum to those fleeing war and persecution was “obsolete”, with 100m displaced people around the world and hostile states using migration as a weapon. As currently constructed the global asylum framework has become obsolete.” Mr Sunak said that many of those arriving in the UK in small boats “ are not those directly fleeing war zones or at risk of persecution” but originate from “fundamentally safe” countries.

History of this topic

Labour considers plans to deport failed asylum seekers to the BALKANS and lock them in 'detention centres' - as the number of migrants crossing the Channel hits 5,000 this year
5 days, 5 hours ago
Italy defends plan to process asylum-seekers in Albania at EU’s top court
1 month ago
Albanian criminal taunts taxpayers by touring London in £300,000 Rolls-Royce after making asylum claim that may take years to process - despite being kicked out of UK twice for burglary
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Italian court refers asylum seekers’ case to ECJ in challenge to Meloni’s migrant deal with Albania
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Italy denies asylum for 43 migrants relocated to Albania, and observers say they were denied lawyers
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Italy sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania
4 months, 2 weeks ago
One of 8 migrants deemed vulnerable returns to Italy from Albania
4 months, 2 weeks ago
One of 8 migrants sent to Albania returned to Italy
4 months, 2 weeks ago
One of 8 migrants sent to Albania returned to Italy
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania, despite failing to process the first group
4 months, 2 weeks ago
First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
5 months, 1 week ago
A court in Italy rejects the outsourced detention of the first migrants sent to Albania
5 months, 1 week ago
Albania says only Italy is allowed to operate migrant asylum centers in the country
5 months, 1 week ago
Albania will intake Italy’s asylum seekers, as a gesture of gratitude, but not other EU countries, PM says
5 months, 1 week ago
Britain has most illegal migrants in Europe, study finds
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Revealed: First migrant crime table
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Independent readers question Italy’s Albania scheme – but still want Starmer to act on migration
6 months ago
From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Italy’s premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
9 months, 3 weeks ago
UK’s Cameron praises progress in joint effort with Albania to stop illegal migration
10 months ago
Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs
10 months, 1 week ago
British and Irish officials meet as tensions rise over what to do with asylum seekers
10 months, 3 weeks ago
UK passes law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after months of wrangling
11 months ago
The EU is watching Albania’s deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy. Rights activists are worried
1 year, 1 month ago
Albanian Parliament approves controversial deal to hold migrants for Italy
1 year, 1 month ago
Albania is expected to approve a deal with Italy to process thousands of migrants' claims for asylum
1 year, 1 month ago
Albania approves contested deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy
1 year, 1 month ago
Italy's upper chamber gives final OK to deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum process
1 year, 1 month ago
Albania’s Constitutional Court says migration deal with Italy can go ahead if approved
1 year, 1 month ago
Italy’s lower chamber of parliament OKs deal with Albania to house migrants during asylum processing
1 year, 2 months ago
Albania’s opposition speaks up at the Constitutional Court against ratifying migrant deal with Italy
1 year, 3 months ago
Albania's deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry
1 year, 4 months ago
Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers follows worrying trend
1 year, 4 months ago
Migration experts say Italy's deal to have Albania house asylum-seekers violates international law
1 year, 4 months ago
Migration experts say Italy’s deal to have Albania house asylum seekers follows worrying trend
1 year, 4 months ago
Albania agrees to temporarily house migrants who reach Italy while their asylum bids are processed
1 year, 4 months ago
UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
1 year, 9 months ago
UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
1 year, 9 months ago
Asylum system ‘riddled with abuse’ and needs fundamental change – Jenrick
1 year, 9 months ago
Rishi Sunak hails success of ‘stop the boats’ campaign
1 year, 9 months ago
Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK
2 years ago
UK aims to send migrants to Rwanda in months if courts agree
2 years ago
UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000
2 years, 1 month ago
Asylum units ordered to only process Albanian cases in push to speed up deportations
2 years, 1 month ago
Tirana protests UK official’s ‘verbal lynching’ of Albanians
2 years, 2 months ago
British PM Rishi Sunak unveils 5-step illegal immigration clampdown
2 years, 3 months ago
UK’s Sunak vows to clear asylum backlog, return Albanians
2 years, 3 months ago
UK's Sunak vows to clear asylum backlog, return Albanians
2 years, 3 months ago

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