 November 3, 2022 According to the Office for National Statistics, he is one of only 47,000 Albanians in the country. This year, he moved from Birmingham to London where incidents of xenophobia are less common, at least for him. But last week's comments by the home secretary and Tory MP James Daly, left him concerned about the future of his fellow citizens in the UK. Corruption has become Albania's greatest stumbling block, impeding its ongoing bid for EU candidacy and forcing thousands to leave in hope for a better life. Dr Hoxhaj stressed that such 'demonisation' of Albanians has left people in his community feel 'targeted'. The academic said:){kind=link}
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Albanians living and working in Britain are feeling even more ‘unwelcome’ after Suella Braverman’s declaration of a migrant ‘invasion’.
As it happened with Poles, then Bulgarians and Romanians accused of migrating to ‘steal jobs’, people from the small Balkan country have now become the next ‘scapegoats for the government’s failures’.
Dr Andi Hoxhaj, a lecturer of law at University College London, said Albanians are experiencing ‘an alarming rise in hostility and xenophobia’.
The 34-year-old told Metro.co.uk people often ‘prejudge’ him, assuming he is part of ‘some shady business’ because of his country of origin.