Albanian officers stationed in England, illegal immigrants deportation plan

 Albanian police officers will be stationed in Dover, UK, to help identify and deport illegal immigrants within a few days, writes The Telegraph.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has agreed an action plan with his Albanian counterpart to speed up departures, as intelligence suggests Albanians now make up between 40 and 60 percent of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Senior police officers from the Balkan state are expected to be deployed to Dover and other ports to help identify the Albanians, investigate their backgrounds including criminal links and assist the UK Border Force.

Ms. Patel held talks with Bledi Çuçi, the Albanian interior minister, on Tuesday to find out how they could speed up the deportation of illegal Albanian immigrants under a return deal he signed with the Balkan country last year.

It is claimed that 6,000 of the 23,000 migrants who have reached the UK are from Albania, even though our country is a NATO ally aspiring to join the European Union and has not seen a single conflict for more than 25 years.