A judge in the United Kingdom has reprimanded an Albanian migrant who turned to crime after arriving in Britain illegally by dinghy. Sentencing Fatmir Limani, who robbed a house in Leeds, to 18 months in prison earlier this month, Judge Simon Batiste told him that Britain had enough criminals to take in more from Albania.
75% of Albanians who have arrived illegally have committed at least one criminal offence in the UK. And 30% of Britain's drug trade is now controlled by Albanian gang leaders.
Albanians, many of whom arrived in Britain illegally in trucks and boats, are now the largest contingent of foreign prisoners in UK prisons, with 1,582 held there.
So far this year, 93 Albanians have been jailed, at a cost of 17 million pounds to taxpayers, for serious offences such as murder, rape, kidnapping and theft, including 14 last week.
Other judges across the country have also expressed concern about illegal immigrants turning to crime after arriving in Britain.
