Albanians ‘exploiting slavery laws’

ALBANIAN migrants made up more than half of modern slavery claims lodged by small-boat arrivals in the first half of last year, it has emerged.

Government data showed just over 51 per cent of Channel migrants who claimed they had been exploited were from the Balkan country. The figure was just over 11 per cent in 2021.

Migration Watch UK, which campaigns for tougher border controls, obtained the figures under Freedom of Information laws. Chairman Alp Mehmet said: ‘What these remarkable data show is that Albanians and their traffickers have identified a huge loophole in our legislation and are exploiting it.’