“Albania is not a war zone... so why is it becoming our problem?” Tory MP Tim Loughton tells mattfrei there needs to be greater cooperation with the Albania government to crack down on criminal smuggling gangs helping migrants cross the English Channel.
The Home Office gave us a statement earlier claiming that “the government has delivered on its promise to the British people to take back control of our immigration system”.
We did ask to speak to a minister to discuss that assertion, but the department refused to make anyone available to speak on camera today. We were joined by Conservative MP Tim Loughton, who’s a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and has a constituency on the English Channel.
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