LONDON: Refugees from Albania should not be allowed to enter the UK, according to Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick.

According to Sky News, Genrić, a member of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cabinet who took over as minister on 25 October, believed that Albanians "should be excluded from the right to claim asylum".

He continued by saying Britain should tighten its sanctions against the Balkan nation because it is "clearly safer" there and called the number of Albanian migrants in Britain "unsustainable".

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More than a third of the 33,000 people who traveled by boat across the English Channel from January to September this year were of Albanian origin.

Jenrik declared that the Albanian factor was now "the number one priority" amid growing pressure on the government to address the migrant crisis.

"Albania is an apparently safe country," he told GB News. It is extremely difficult to understand how an Albanian would be able to successfully apply for asylum in the UK.

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“We signed a return agreement a year ago, and 1,000 Albanians have already returned. We are examining our options there. Additionally, we are pursuing diplomatic channels.

"It is not sustainable for us to have a net migration of half a million people entering the country in a single year," I am concerned that there are people who come to our universities to bring their families to Britain to enter and stay for extended periods.

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“A large number of people use it as a means of making a living in Britain. It is an important factor in net migration.

Recent discussions between PM Sunak and his Albanian counterpart Idi Rama focused on efforts to change laws that have prevented Britain from effectively deporting Albanian asylum seekers. But the Albanian leader cautioned against using migrants and Albanians as an "excuse" for the government's failures in Britain.