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The remote debate between Nigel Farage and Edi Rama is not just a matter of the numbers of Albanians in Great Britain, but also a rejoinder by the leader of the "Reform UK" party to the criticism of the Albanian prime minister for initiatives against immigrants.
In an interview with Top Channel, Nigel Farage insists that he won the bet with Edi Rama, but in the meantime he openly says that he did not like the Albanian prime minister's critical stances towards BREX, the referendum that took England out of the EU.
Mr. Farage, what made you comment on what Prime Minister Edi Rama said in his interview with The Guardian, where he criticized the current British government on immigration issues, as you do every day?
Nigel Farage - Look, the whole issue of foreign prisoners is a big deal here in the UK. We have over 10,000 foreign nationals in our prisons and this has led to overcrowding. In order to free up places, we are releasing those who have committed serious crimes early from prison. So there is a debate about this. And in the case of Albania, there are a lot of Albanians in our prisons and I believe that they should not be in our country but should return to Albania. Now, your Prime Minister Mr. Rama who is never ashamed and is entertaining and of course is against Brexit even though Brexit has nothing to do with him.
I never understood this, he questioned my figures. 1 in 50 Albanians in Britain is in prison saying this is madness. Mr. Rama attacked me and then said that if my figures are true he was committed to taking them to Albania. I have done my checks and re-checks of the figures and the official government statistics of October 2024 show that there are approximately 53,000 Albanians in Britain and of them 1,200 in prison. So exactly 1 in 50 is in prison. Now Rama tells us that there are more Albanians in Britain because many have come illegally by dinghy. So this makes the figure of those who should not be in Britain greater. I want to tell you that your Prime Minister is wrong in everything he said. We have an Albanian here convicted of 50 crimes. Come on now Edi, after you promised me, I brought out the figures, you can take them now.
Were you surprised when you received two X responses from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, after you, on your show on GB News, asked him to take Albanian convicts from the United Kingdom to return them to Albania?
Nigel Farage- Ai kritikoi vendin tim duke thënë se jemi zhytur në një vend me errësirë duke marrë në konsideratë dërgimin e emigrantëve jashtë. Unë i thash se kjo është hipokrizi pasi vendi juaj ka negociuar me Melonin e Italisë për të marrë emigrantë. Ai nuk mund të jetë kritik dhe standarde të dyfishta dhe për këtë duhet të marrë të burgosurit shqiptarë e kthejë ata në vendlindje. Ai po e shijon përballjen me mua në Tëitter. Unë ju premtoj ju se kur ai thotë se shifrat e mija janë të gabuara unë i them. Jo. Ai i ka shifrat gabim. Unë jam me të drejtën dhe mëzi pres ta mbaj premtimin.
Kemi parë në të kaluarën që zoti Rama ka kritikuar politikanë britanikë si Suella Braverman dhe Robert Jenrick. Tashmë duket se edhe ju jeni përfshirë në një shkëmbim replikash me Edi Ramën mbi shqiptarët në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar. Kush mendoni se do ta fitojë këtë debat?
Nigel Farage- Ai, bën shumë zhurmë se është një burrë i madh. Natyrisht i përket krahut të majtë, ka pikëpamje glogaliste dhe kundra Brexit. Më lejoni tu them se kjo nuk është puna e tij. Nuk është arsye të kritikojë Britaninë e Madhe. Shiko, unë dua shqiptarët e mirë të vinë në Britani. Ne nuk duam njerëz që vinë nga Shqipëria të cilët janë të këqinj. Çdo vend i përgjegjshëm duhet ta bëjë këtë. Dhe unë mendoj se në të gjithë këtë përplase- ju keni të drejtë kur thoni se Rama ka kritikuar Suelën dhe Robert Xhenrik dhe unë e kam parë atë në të shkuarën por Rama ka ndezur me mua një përplasje për një çështje të gabuar. Shifrat e mija janë në rregull. Numrat e Edi Ramës janë gabim. Ai ka bërë një premtim dhe unë dua që ta respektojë.
A jeni i gatshëm të debatoni ballë për ballë me Kryeministrin Edi Rama mbi disa shifrat që ju po flisni?
Nigel Farage- Shiko edhe pse unë tani nuk pajtohem me filozofinë e tij dhe shifrat i ka gabim unë nuk e kam takuar akoma. Për mua ai është një figurë argëtuese. Kështu, nëse unë ftohem në Tiranë për drekë me Edi Ramën unë do të vij.
Nëse rezulton që shifra që keni përmendur – që 1 në 50 shqiptarë në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar është në burg – është e pasaktë, a do të kërkoni falje?
Zoti Rama dje deklaroi se në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar ka një vlerësim prej mbi 140,000 shqiptarësh, shifër e cila iu referua edhe një seance dëgjimore dhe raporti të Dhomës së Komunave në vitin 2023 – dhe nga përvoja ime si gazetar që jetoj dhe punoj në Londër prej më shumë se 11 vitesh, mund të them me siguri se afërsisht 200,000 shqiptarë jetojnë sot në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar – qoftë me leje qëndrimi apo ilegalisht.
Nigel Farage- Nëse ata janë ilegalisht atëherë numri kriminelëve shqiptarë nuk është 1 në 50 por 1 në 2 dhe nëse kjo është çështja ata duhet të kthehen në Shqipëri. Shifrat i kam në rregull. Ato janë shifra të rregullta zyrtare. Nëse mbrojtja e Ramës është se Nigel është gabim sepse shumë prej tyre janë ilegalë kjo e bën çështjen në favorin tim dhe në mënyrë fondamentale gabim për Ramën.
Since 2023, Albania and the UK have had a prisoner transfer agreement in place, and more than 15 Albanian nationals sentenced to over 4 years in prison have already returned to Albania. Albania is the only country to receive a special charter flight from the UK Home Office, with illegal immigrants deported every week. Furthermore, SPAK (Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organised Crime) and the NCA (UK National Crime Agency) have a joint investigation unit – the only one of its kind in the Balkans. Do you give credit to the Albanian government for cooperating so closely with the UK?
Nigel Farage- It's a start. It's a start. And if we talk about this cooperation it makes it even more strange why your Prime Minister attacks me. This doesn't make sense. It's just a start Mr. Rama. When I come to meet you for lunch we will talk at length and we will have good relations between the two countries of course if he stops the attack on Brexit. Top Channel
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