The Home Office is set to launch an ad campaign aimed at deterring Albanians from crossing the English Channel illegally to reach the UK with the message that people “face being detained and removed” if they make the journey.
The campaign, which starts in Albania next week, will “make clear the perils” illegal immigrants may encounter on small boats.
Adverts in Albanian on Facebook and Instagram were launched last August to try and deter Albanian citizens from making the journey.
It was the most common nationality applying for asylum in the UK in the year to March 2023, with 13,714 applications by Albanian citizens, 9,487 of which came from arrivals on boats crossing the English Channel….