There is no clear basis for the UK to accept thousands of asylum applications from Albanian citizens, a cross-party group of MPs has found.
The Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said in a report (pdf) on Monday that it has found little evidence to indicate significant numbers of Albanian nationals are at risk in their own country and require asylum in the UK.
But the committee said more needs to be done to support the Albanian victims of people smuggling, especially women.
A group of illegal immigrants are brought by a Border Force vessel to Dover, Kent, on May 19, 2023. (Gareth Fuller/PA Media)
More than a quarter of the 45,755 illegal immigrants who crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2022 were Albanian, most of whom claimed asylum….