"Albanian criminals held in British prisons cost taxpayers £57m a year, figures show," the report said. The Sun.
There Are 1,336 albanians serving prison sentences in England and wales, According to an official report. With the average cost of keeping a prisoner at £42,670 Per year, according to the Ministry Of justice, the total cost of keeping them would Be £57,007,120.
The bill comes after statistics showed that 12,000 Albanians have arrived in the UK by small boats so far this year.
The director of Albania's immigration police, Saimir Boshnjaku, said many were forced to work as "gangsters" to pay the cost of smuggling them into Britain. He said: "Those who make money from drugs come back here driving Maseratis and Mercedes and buying a big villa in the countryside."
