Prime Minister Edi Rama criticizes his British counterpart, Rishi Sunak, for the latter's bad taste tactics regarding the attack on Albanian migrants, who arrive on the island in small boats, writes Charles Hymas for "The Telegraph " .
Edi Rama accused the UK government of " inventing the drama " over Albanian immigrants, when they now make up only two percent of boat arrivals in the English Channel.
His comments come after Prime Minister Sunak said in his speech that the plan to stop ships crossing the English Channel has started to work.
Sunak stated today that small boat crossings have been reduced by 20%.
"The British government cannot detach itself from propaganda. It is deplorable and in bad taste to invent a drama for political gain". Less than two percent of the total arrivals in Great Britain were from Albania. To keep talking about Albanians is a low gesture," says Rama.
The Albanian prime minister has not hesitated to criticize the British ministers when they speak against the Albanians, previously accusing Suella Braverman, the secretary of the interior, of "shameful" comments about the isolation of the Albanians.
He suggested that her comments last year about "Albanian criminals" crossing the English Channel in small boats could be considered a crime.
Thousands of Albanians are being tracked and targeted by Home Office officers for deportation.
A team of 400 people has been set up to fast-track a large number of 17,000 asylum applications from Albanians, most of which are expected to result in their deportation.
The ministers believe that the new active approach and the new deportation agreements with Albania have shown efficiency in potential migrants from the Balkan state.
" The reason we are returning the Albanians is to prevent other people from coming in the first place and we are succeeding ," says the Minister of Migration, Robert Jenrick, writes The Telegraph.