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The crisis with the Albanians, the "boat" that saved the British government?

2023-03-24 15:22:02Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The crisis with the Albanians, the "boat" that saved the British

The illegal immigration of Albanians and the prevention of this phenomenon has been the main topic of the media and the government of the United Kingdom during the last months.

Despite the negligible number of those crossing the English Channel, London made the "drilling" of the dinghies into its main priority, often using derogatory language towards Albanians.

"I am here to observe the deportation of Albanian immigrants. The guardians just left. They are on their way to the airport and will be in Tirana in the morning. I met with the excellent staff who work non-stop to find the Albanians and stop them", declared the Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick, on January 13, 2023.

According to official data, nearly 13,000 Albanians arrived in Britain from France last year, while the total number of illegal immigrants in small boats was 45,000, the annual number of passengers on the least used line of the London Underground. But how was the "Albanian problem" created in the public opinion of the United Kingdom?

To answer this question, the political crisis must be brought back to attention, first with the resignation of the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, then of Liz Truss, one for scandals with parties and the other for the inability to keep the promise of economic recovery.

Their successor is Rishi Sunak, who, according to many analysts in Britain and abroad, diverted attention from the main problem, the political and economic crisis, by looking for a "lifeboat" in illegal immigration.

To his aid came a series of articles from the British media, which often portrayed Albanians as criminals who have filled the prisons, even though in official figures it is a very small number compared to the locals.

This caused thousands of Albanians to demonstrate peacefully in the British capital. However, what was said in the newspapers "forced" the government of Sunak, the son of immigrant parents, to take measures to close the borders to the illegal Albanian "invaders".

"Not a single Albanian should be accepted as a refugee. Albania is not a war-torn country and it is very difficult to argue that asylum requests are legitimate.

There is a particular problem with Albanian men who cross the channel illegally either to find work for about nine months or to work with internationally wanted criminals," British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said on November 1, 2022.

Përgjigje i ktheu kryeministri Rama duke i tërhequr vërejtje për gjuhën e përdorur dhe sugjeruar që Britania të veprojë si Gjermania për shqyrtimin e azilkërkuesve shqiptarë.

“Nuk ka të bëjë më një person, por me klimën që është krijuara; me faktin se po kërkohen koka turku dhe po fajësohen të tjerët. Nuk ka të bëjë me shqiptarët apo alienët apo gangsterët, por me politikat e dështuara mbi kufijtë dhe krimin. Kjo lloj gjuhe nuk është një politikë, nuk është një program e as vizion. Ajo nxit ksenofobi duke shënjestruar dhe veçuar vetëm një komunitet. Unë vlerësoj gjithçka që përfaqëson politika Britanike, por jam vërteti neveritur lidhur me këtë lloj politike e cila në fund është e destinuar të dështojë”, deklaroi kryeministri Edi Rama më 3 nëntor 2022.

Fillimisht u prezantua një skemë për dëbimin e shpejtë të shqiptarëve nga Britania, më pas një marrëveshje prej 72 milionë eurosh me Francën për të shtuar patrullimet në brigjet pranë La Manshit, një tjetër ujdi me qeverinë e Tiranës për patrullim të oficerëve anglezë në aeroportin e Rinasit me detyrën për të zbuluar emigrantët potencialë, e deri tek ashpërsimi i ligjit për azilkërkuesit, i cili u kritikua ashpër nga Organizata e Kombeve të Bashkuara.

Përfaqësuesja e UNHCR-së, Vicky Tennant, tha se një masë e tillë do të përbënte shkelje të ligjit ndërkombëtar dhe nuk ishte e nevojshme për të ndalur hyrjet në kanalin e La Manshit.

The Sunak government not only did not withdraw, but did not stop there. This month, the British prime minister agreed to foot a hefty bill of over €500 million to the French president to set up a detention center in northern France to house illegal immigrants trying to cross by boat.

The agreement also included the commitment of hundreds of policemen from both countries and high-tech surveillance equipment from above. This plan was also met with strong criticism from international organizations, including the Red Cross.

If the Albanians were really the crisis of this decade for Britain as they claim, the government of this country itself gives an answer, by confirming that during this year it needs 1 million immigrants to do the menial jobs that the English prefer not to do.


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