Albanian immigrants celebrated their country's "Independence Day" in London on Monday night, causing irritation among motorists who were stranded on the road for hours.
Hundreds of Albanians took to the streets and, as seen in videos on social media, arrived in the center of the British capital in expensive cars, inside which they waved red flags with the black eagle. They caused chaos on the streets of London, constantly honking their horns to celebrate the Independence of Albania, which is celebrated on November 28th every year.
London is paralyzed – A party with expensive cars
Videos shared online show Audis, Range Rovers and Porsches stopping traffic around Westminster. Among the cars are a purple Lamborghini Huracan and a Mercedes G-class. Cars costing more than £100,000.
According to the Daily Mail, the drivers of many cars maneuvered while honking their horns incessantly.
In fact, there were even women in traditional costumes dancing in the street.
According to the report, the celebrations caused traffic chaos on the roads, with many motorists reacting indignantly and speaking of "selfish celebrations."
Arrests
According to the same information, the police made arrests.
A metropolitan Police Spokesman said: "Police were alerted to a large group of vehicles and people gathering in the SE1 and SW1 Area. officers worked to minimise disruption. some diversions Were in place. One person was reported arrested."
The images angered Londoners.
One Twitter user pointed out: "Albanians in London celebrating their Independence Day selfishly blocked off the Strand and Trafalgar Square as people were leaving the theatres at 10pm."
Another added: "This is why it took me so long to get home yesterday," while another driver warned: "Don't go down to the city, the traffic is a nightmare."
Albanians prefer to immigrate to Britain
This scene was set a few days after data was revealed showing that Albanians represented just over a third of people detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in the first nine months of the year.
This is a huge increase compared to previous years, with only 3% of arrivals in 2021 being of Albanian nationality and just 1% in 2020.
In the quarter from July to September, 45% of small boat arrivals were Albanian (9,076) and in some cases the daily rate reached 80%.
