Most 'Modern Slavery' Claimants Arriving in UK Illegally by Small Boats Are AlbanianMore than half of the illegal immigrants who claimed to be victims of "modern slavery" after crossing the English Channel in the first half of 2022 were Albanian, newly released figures show.
In response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from Migration Watch UK, the Home Office revealed that 1,156 people were recorded as making such a claim between January and June 2022.
Of these, 591, or 51.1 percent, were from Albania, which the UK sees as a safe country. This was a significant increase on 2021 when Albanians made up 11.2 percent of those referred as possible victims of modern slavery.
Illegal immigrants who crossed the English Channel from France give V signs on UK Border Force boat Valiant as they arrive in the port of Dover, England, on June 14, 2022. (Chris Eades /Getty Images)
Some 116 other people claiming to be victims of modern slavery during this period were from Eritrea, 89 were from Sudan, 71 were from Iran, 69 were from Vietnam, and 46 were from Afghanistan....
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