Albanian gangster given anonymity in UK ‘to protect him from rivals’ after arriving by boat and seeking asylum – despite serving a life sentence for murder in his home country
- Criminal served prison sentence for murder and other ‘very serious crimes’
An Albanian gangster convicted of murder in his home country has been granted anonymity after seeking asylum in the UK – to protect him from rivals.
The criminal was serving a life sentence for murder and other ‘very serious offences’ before being released and traveling to Britain by boat.
After his arrest, a judge ruled that his identity should be hidden from the public “for the sake of security” – after he claimed to have been threatened by gang rivals.
So said Tory MP David Morris The sun: ‘It is an outrageous decision that shows contempt for British citizens.’
Meanwhile, Tory MP Philip Davies said revealing the middle-aged man’s identity and criminal past was “clearly in the public interest.”
The criminal was serving a prison sentence for murder and other ‘very serious crimes’ in his home country before arriving in Britain by boat
Judge Nicholas Aldridge, sitting in a Tribunal hearing center, said nothing could be published that could “directly or indirectly” identify the criminal, including his previous crimes.
The Albanian is stuck in an immigration center and waiting for a decision whether he can be deported.
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said: “It’s another shocking example of why we need to stop the boats.”
It comes after new figures revealed that only 215 of the 45,755 migrants who crossed the Channel by small boat last year have been deported.
More than 25,000 of them turned out to be refugees, despite government claims that the majority of those crossing by small boat are economic migrants.
The figures, based on Home Office data, also show that one in five Channel migrants are children.
A group of migrants is brought ashore on a boat at Dover in Kent
Record numbers arrived at Dover last year – 1,104 boats carrying an average of 41 people per day.
Data obtained through a Freedom of Information request showed that only 0.47 percent of total arrivals of migrants have been deported, including seven found to be criminals.
And Conservative MP for Dover, Natalie Elphicke, said deportation rates are so low they are no longer a deterrent to those traveling to the UK by small boat.
She also urged Home Secretary Suella Braverman to “get a handle” on handling migrant arrivals, stopping boats leaving France from reaching the UK.
Priti Patel, as Home Secretary in 2021, claimed that ‘70% of people on small boats are single men who are in fact economic migrants’.
But the Home Office has now admitted through a Freedom of Information request that it had no evidence to support this claim. The statement has not been corrected.
Of the 45,755 migrants who crossed the Channel by small boat last year, only 215 were deported
