Deported Albanian criminals are paying up to £20,000 to return illegally to the UK, British media recently revealed.
These findings come despite the UK's return agreement with Albania in 2022, which resulted in a significant reduction in cross-Channel travel.
Following the agreement, signed by then Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel, there are regular, often weekly, flights for criminals who have either served their sentences or have voluntarily returned to their country for the remainder of their sentences.
However, many return to The UK through illegal means, for example hidden in trucks or on yachtsSome pay up to £20,000 for this service, which is punishable by five-year prison sentence.
An immigrant who returned to the country despite multiple charges of robbery is Dorian Puka.
The 29-year-old has been jailed and deported twice for burglaries before being able to return to the country. Puka has even used social media to flaunt his stolen wealth, as he has done with many impressive rolex Watches or the £180,000 Lamborghini.
The Ministry of Interior admits that it is helpless with the situation until the asylum application process is completed.
THE Emirjon Gjuta, 34 years old, appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday, having previously admitted breaching a deportation order by returning to the country in November 2024.
The Albanian, who had been deported from the UK twice within three years, has now been sentenced to prison after returning illegally for the third time.
