All Albanian criminals in the UK who are eligible for deportation could be returned to their home country under a new agreement struck last night.
Downing Street announced that a joint task force would assess Albania’s prison capacity by the end of next month with the aim of removing all those who qualified.
At the end of last year, there were 1,336 Albanians in prisons in England and Wales, the largest nationality of foreign inmates in British jails. Only those who have been given a prison sentence of at least 12 months will be eligible for deportation. Albanians are ten times more likely to be given a custodial sentence than the average person in the UK.
The deal was struck between Rishi Sunak and Edi
