NAME/ The Albanian actor is arrested in England, Belgium requests his extradition

2023-07-30 18:18:54Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
NAME/ The Albanian actor is arrested in England, Belgium requests his
Sebastjan Kallabaku

An Albanian action movie actor wanted in Belgium for human trafficking, risking up to 20 years in prison, is still in Great Britain. 

Sebastjan Kallabak's extradition was approved by a judge in August 2021 and signed by then Home Secretary Priti Patel. But he ended up in Britain after appealing the decision.

According to the Sunday Express, the 37-year-old made an application for bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 19, due to the ban pending the legal battle.

However, the request to leave the detention was rejected and the case was postponed until the end of the appeal.

The court heard that Kallabaku left Albania in 2017 for "political issues" and spent time in Belgium. However, he did not seek asylum until he arrived in the UK. Belgian authorities say he is part of a people-smuggling ring and steered a boat overcrowded with 30 Albanians from the Dutch coast to Great Britain in 2019.

Kallabaku denies the accusations and says that he has created a family life in Great Britain. It is not clear when his appeal against extradition or asylum will be finalized.

Under the 2003 extradition law, once the appeal process is over, a person must leave within 10 days. But from July 17, 10 more extensions of deadlines were approved.

"One of the duties of a state is to stop people who have no right to be here from entering and expel from our territory those who have no right to be here. It is vital that people who should be deported do not play games with our justice system.

This is why the Government should be ready to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights if it is impossible to stop its flagrant abuse" – said conservative MP Marco Longhi.

The head of Migration Watch UK, Alp Mehmet, called the time it took to extradite suspects and convicted criminals very comical and unfortunate.

"Our immigration and asylum system is falling apart and our government has become ridiculous.

The public has had enough of paying more and more for their rights to be hidden, while those of suspected and convicted fraudsters have priority," he said./TopChannel



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