Strong accusations against UK for discriminating against migrants from Albania

Rama (center) assures Interior Minister Braverman’s statement feeds xenophobia / Photo: AFP

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama asking the British government to stop blaming Albanians for their migration crisis, The following is a statement by Home Secretary Suella Braverman that Britain is being ruled by immigrants.

Braverman, the most questionable minister of the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak .’s Governmentsaid on Wednesday that the south of England was facing an “invasion” of illegal immigrants and accused many Albanians of violating British law.

In a statement to Parliament, the Conservative minister said that if the opposition Labor Party is “responsible, it will allow all Albanian criminals to come into this country”.

Sunak, who took office last week, was criticized for reappointing Braverman as minister after he resigned days earlier. for discussing sensitive government issues in an email sent from your personal email.

dizzying growth

The Ministry of the Interior reported on Wednesday that 12,000 Albanians have arrived in England after crossing the English Channel so far this yearcompared to 50 passing in 2020.

Albania represents the largest group of those who crossed the channel separating England from France and from continental Europe in small boats, and according to the minister, the majority are single adult men.

Rama assured last Wednesday in an interview with the British network the BBC that the Home Secretary’s declaration fuel xenophobia and accused the British government of using Albanian immigrants to “justify its political failure”.

He calls Braverman’s comment “invasion” “crazy” and added that “it is impossible not to react”.

“It’s not about anyone. It’s about the climate that has been created and about scapegoating and blaming others.” he claims.

failed policy

For the head of the Albanian government, it’s not a matter of Albanians, foreigners or gangsters, “but failed policies on borders and crime.”

“Language like this is not a policy, not a programme. I admire everything Britain stands for. But I’m really sick of this kind of politics which will ultimately fail,” he said.

The Albanian Prime Minister’s remarks come amid concerns about the poor conditions under which immigrants are held in detention centers in the south of England.

Four parliamentary committees sent letters to the Minister of the Interior stating “deep concern about dire conditions” where immigrants are held at the overcrowded Manston immigration processing center.

In that sense, Braverman blames the number of Albanians who arrived last week in small boats across the English Channel, causing the number of immigrants in the Manston detention center to skyrocket.

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman makes controversial remarks about Albanian migrants Photo Press Braverman
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman makes controversial remarks about Albanian migrants / Photo: Braverman Press.

The centre, which can accommodate a maximum of 1,600 people, reached 4,000 people last week and many of them have been in dire conditions for weeks, according to official reports.

As revealed on Thursday by The Guardian newspaper, the Ministry of the Interior, in an effort to reduce overcrowding, leaving Manston asylum seekers in central London without accommodation or warm clothing.

Volunteer from the homeless charity Under One Sky, which provides them with emergency assistance. food and clothing supplies, they told the newspaper that there was a group of 11 asylum seekers from Manston at the Victoria train station on Tuesday night.

“They were stressed and totally confused,” said Daniel Abbas, a volunteer for the charity.

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