PoliticsAlbanian ambassador attacks UK rightwing’s ‘unhinged’ fixation on 2022 migrant surge

Albania’s UK ambassador, Uran Ferizi, says the 2022 arrival of 12,658 Albanians by small boat was real, exceptional and short-lived, with numbers falling sharply afterwards. He accuses Reform UK and the Daily Telegraph of continuing to stigmatise the Albanian community, and says unusually restrictive visa access may have left some vulnerable people exposed to traffickers.

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