Robert Jenrick: Albanians should be barred from claiming asylum in the UK
The TelegraphHis comments follow the first talks last week between Rishi Sunak and the Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, during which they agreed to close “loopholes that are preventing the rapid return of failed asylum seekers.” Albanians comprise 30 per cent, or at least 12,000 of the record 44,000 Channel migrants this year, compared with 28,500 in 2021. Mr Jenrick also foreshadowed “very serious reform” of the immigration system with a bill overhauling the law in the New Year. UK not a 'soft touch' “Our whole immigration system was created after the Second World War in an entirely different era. Today is a totally different world where an Albanian can get a flight from Tirana to Brussels, get a bus to Calais and then pay a few thousand pounds to get across the Channel.” He said the new system would have “deterrence suffused” through it so “you should not get a route to life in the UK if you come here illegally.
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