No clear case for routinely accepting Albania asylum claims, committee of MPs says
People fleeing Albania to come to the UK should not routinely be granted asylum - because it is a safe country, a committee of MPs says.
It highlighted figures showing that in 2022, more than a quarter of the 45,755 people who crossed the Channel in small boats came from Albania - "and most claimed asylum". "There is no clear basis for the UK to routinely accept thousands of asylum applications from Albanian citizens, the committee finds."It suggested that driving factors for people coming to the UK from Albania largely included better job opportunities and higher wages.
It called on the Home Office to explain why the UK's acceptance rate was so high - particularly compared to other countries. Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson, the committee's chairwoman, said there had been a "substantial sudden increase in asylum claims from a seemingly peaceful country".
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