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Daily Mail breaks down Elvis Zoto's story: He sought asylum, but escaped from the hotel

2025-08-16 14:42:57Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Daily Mail breaks down Elvis Zoto's story: He sought asylum, but escaped
Elvis Zoto

An Albanian migrant, who arrived in Britain by small boat, began dealing cocaine after leaving his luxury asylum hotel.

This is Elvis Zoto, 22, whose story was published by the British tabloid "Daily Mail". He had posted on social media about his illegal entry into the UK, showing his arrival in Dover in 2022.

Shortly after, he was interviewed by the Daily Mail, posing as a migrant still in France. He said the journey to Britain had been easy and confessed to having escaped the asylum hotel by climbing out a window.

Shocking new details about his case have emerged following a Supreme Court ruling that gave the green light for his deportation, three years after he arrived in Britain.

Zoto traveled from Albania to Belgium, then traveled by train to France, and paid a people smuggler to arrive by small boat in Britain, where he was arrested by Border Force in Dover on June 29, 2022.

In 2022, over 12,600 Albanians arrived in Britain by small boats.

Like most other Albanian immigrants who arrived at that time in small boats, Zoto sought asylum and settled in a hotel.

In his first interview, Zoto claimed to have left Albania after being forced into drug dealing. He later claimed to be a victim of human trafficking.

However, he only stayed at the hotel for two days, before leaving on July 2 as part of a planned getaway.

The British Home Office drafted a letter to Elvis Zoto, emphasizing that his departure from the hotel would mean the withdrawal of his asylum application, but this letter was not sent, as the authorities did not know where he was.

Court documents show there is no evidence that authorities tried to contact him in any other way, despite having his phone number from Albania.

It appears that Zoto quickly became involved with a drug gang and on November 1, 2023, he was arrested by Essex Police.

In April of the following year, he was sentenced to 2.9 years in prison for cocaine trafficking.

Criminals who receive prison sentences longer than a year automatically face deportation, but Zoto won the right to challenge this decision on the grounds that he still had an open asylum claim, and that a court hearing would take place in July 2025.

But his appeal was rejected in a decision announced on Wednesday by High Court judge Claire Padley, who upheld the Home Office's claim that Zoto had lost the right to seek asylum after leaving his hotel.

The Daily Mail has asked the British Home Office about his current location and the date of his deportation, but has not received a response.


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