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Amnesty International criticizes UK MPs for calls to deport trafficked Albanians
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LONDON, 29 November 2022, (TON): A row is brewing in the UK after Amnesty International condemned a group of Conservative MPs who called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to return Albanian asylum-seekers to their home country including those claiming to be victims of human trafficking.
The UK has witnessed a marked increase in the number of Albanians coming to the country in the past 12 months, with many who cross the English Channel in small boats claiming they have been trafficked, and are victims of modern slavery.
The group of more than 50 politicians said moves to expedite the process of deporting Albanians was necessary to dissuade migrants from making the journey from what, they said, was a safe country, and reduce significant backlogs in the UK’s asylum process.
In a letter to Sunak, the MPs said “if they have really been taken against their will, then they could not reasonably object to being returned to their own homes."
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