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Albanians, record number of prisoners. Britain: We have our own criminals, we don't need to bring them from Albania

Politiko 2023-04-30 13:27:51

Albanians, record number of prisoners. Britain: We have our own criminals, we

A UK judge has reprimanded an Albanian immigrant who turned to crime after arriving illegally in Britain on a dinghy. Sentencing Fatmir Limani, who robbed a house in Leeds, to 18 months in prison earlier this month, Judge Simon Batiste told him that Britain had enough criminals to welcome more from Albania.

"Unfortunately, the UK has too many of our own criminals. We don't need to bring them from Albania" , said the judge, according to the Daily Mail .

This comes as figures obtained by The Mail show that 75% of Albanian nationals who have arrived illegally have committed at least one criminal offense in the UK. And 30% of Britain's class A drug trade is now controlled by Albanian gang leaders.

Albanians, many of whom arrived in Britain illegally in lorries and dinghies, are now the largest contingent of foreign prisoners in UK prisons, with 1,582 locked up here.

So far this year, 93 Albanians have been jailed, at a cost to taxpayers of £17 million, for serious offenses such as murder, rape, kidnapping and theft, including 14 in the past week.

Judge Batiste's comments to Liman at Leeds Crown Court, other judges across the country have also expressed their concern about illegal migrants turning to crime after arriving in Britain.

Two weeks ago, Judge Joanne Kidd jailed cannabis grower Aurel Kajo for 20 months at Durham Croën Court. Albanian Kajo had paid £4,000 to be smuggled into Britain.

"The message needs to get out that people who enter this country illegally and choose to engage in criminal activity will likely face prison and then deportation ," the judge said.

Last week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman revealed how thousands of criminals who 'hold values ​​that are antithetical to our country' have been sneaking into Britain on dinghies.

"We are seeing increased levels of criminality among people who have come by boat, related to drug dealing, exploitation, prostitution. There are real challenges that go beyond the migration issue of people who come here illegally. In my conversations with many police chiefs around the country, they are now reporting to me that the drug gangs they are dealing with are people who came in on small boats. "Many people come here illegally and very quickly get involved in the drug trade, in other exploitations, in criminality and prostitution ," she said.

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