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Rama tells how he rejected Boris Johnson's proposal for immigrants

2024-05-28 10:03:21Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Rama tells how he rejected Boris Johnson's proposal for immigrants
Edi Rama and Boris Johnson

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, gave an interview to the British newspaper "Financial Times" where he once again spoke about the agreement with Italy for immigrants.

The head of the government states that this agreement with Italy is the only one, due to the friendship between the two countries, while it will not be realized with other countries despite their growing demands.

"Albania's agreement for immigrants with Italy is a "one time" despite the interest from other governments," Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said between the lines, destroying the hopes of some EU capitals to repeat this measure.

Rome and Tirana agreed last year to set up centers in Albania, where several thousand migrants headed for Italy would be registered and then wait for their asylum claim to be examined by Italian officials.

The plan drew criticism from rights groups but also sparked interest from some centre-right European governments.

"It's a one time, 100 percent one time. Other governments have been approached to see if they could replicate the deal with Italy. I said no. Because it doesn't make sense to me. Italy is very special for us, more than a strategic relationship. It is a deep-rooted friendship", says Rama.

Western partners have tried to get Albania to help with migrants since it welcomed thousands of Afghans left exposed to the Taliban.

"Boris Johnson called me and said, I praise your leadership, let's do something together", recalls Rama. "Let's have an agreement for Britain to bring illegal immigrants to Albania to keep them there, to process them. I said, I'm sorry, this is not possible", explains the Prime Minister.

Unlike the Italian deal, which is for housing up to 3,000 people at a time, the UK offer was not "a fixed number", Rama said. "It was for everyone coming to Britain, as a transit. I said no way. Then, we had others that I won't mention. Among the richest countries in Europe".


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