Rishi Sunak in a speech in the House of Commons |
Albanian immigrants have become one of the most important issues addressed in recent days by the media in the United Kingdom, immediately after the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, of Indian descent, took office a week ago.
Britain's Home Secretary, Sunak-appointed Suella Braverman, was heavily criticized for branding the arrival of migrants via the English Channel by boat as an "invasion" during a heated debate in the House of Commons earlier this week.
Ms. Braverman referred to the small boat crossings on Monday as the "invasion of our south coast" and said, "illegal immigration is out of control".
Her deputy, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, distanced himself from her comments on Tuesday.
"In a job like mine you have to choose your words very carefully," he told Sky News television. "And I would never demonize people who come to this country in search of a better life."
While in a recent article on Daily Mail, it is stated that the Albanians in England's prisons cost taxpayers 57 million pounds a year. In a recent report, it is stated that 1,336 Albanians are currently serving sentences in prisons in England and Wales.
The Daily Mail writes that this report comes at a time when, until this time of the year, about 12 thousand Albanians have entered the island by means of rafts.