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More than 4,000 Albanians have reached Britain across the Channel so far this year, the Daily Mail can disclose.
Ministers fear the surge will push this year’s number of small boat arrivals far beyond the record 28,500 seen in 2021.
The unprecedented escalation in Albanian arrivals is due to new tactics by people-trafficking gangs in the Balkans and weaknesses in Britain’s ‘modern slavery’ laws, sources said.
Once they arrive in the UK, Albanians are claiming to have been trafficked or exploited, making it harder to remove them.
More than 4,000 Albanians have reached Britain across the Channel so far this year, as people-smuggling gangs in the Balkans reportedly offer a guaranteed passage in a way that other gangs aren’t
Official figures showed Albanians made up the largest group making modern slavery claims between April and June, with 1,130 applications (pictured: People smugglers are using TikTok to sell Channel crossings)
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