![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/uk-will-give-albania-millions-to-spruce-up-state-and-stop-migrants-wanting-to-leave/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TELEMMGLPICT000314166929_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqliN23Tsm_KNDgkFogXQB-beHsZFrEmHQDi0eQN40zhg.jpeg&description=Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money will be sent to Albania to help persuade migrants to stay in the Balkan state, rather than cross the Channel to the UK. Britain is funding major infrastructure schemes to provide thousands of local jobs and upgrade local facilities in areas where young Albanians have already quit to come to the UK. They include a huge new hydro electric dam, industrial parks, environmental schemes and leisure facilities in northern Albania, which already has strong links with the UK following the first exodus after the Kosovo war. It comes as Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, and Robert Jenrick, her immigration minister, seek to seal a new 'fast-track' route to deport thousands of Albanians who have travelled to the UK in the past 10 months. 'Exponential rise' in Channel migrants This week Dan O'Mahoney, clandestine Channel threat commander for Border Force, revealed that 12,000 Albanians had arrived in the UK this year, of which 10,000 were men. He told MPs that up to two per cent of the adult male population of Albania had travelled to the UK in small boats. He attributed the 'exponential rise' to Albanian criminal gangs 'gaining a foothold' in northern France. Albanian officials maintain there is no direct link between agreements on migrants and foreign aid, but it is accepted as vital financial support to stem the exodus of young Albanians. Last year Priti Patel, then home secretary, signed an agreement with Albania to return deported foreign criminals. Earlier this month, the Home Office trialled a fast-track return of 12 Channel migrants. It is now seeking to extend the deal to thousands more who have reached the UK on small boats. Mr Jenrick said: 'We're considering whether there is a bespoke route for Albanians to have their cases heard quickly and removed from the country if they're not found to be successful. "And we're also looking diplomatically at how we can work with the government in Albania and in coalition with like-minded){kind=link}
Taxpayers’ money will be spent on Balkan country’s infrastructure schemes in effort to discourage young from quitting and crossing Channel
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money will be sent to Albania to help persuade migrants to stay in the Balkan state, rather than cross the Channel to the UK.
Britain is funding major infrastructure schemes to provide thousands of local jobs and upgrade local facilities in areas where young Albanians have already quit to come to the UK.
They include a huge new hydro electric dam, industrial parks, environmental schemes and leisure facilities in northern Albania, which already has strong links with the UK following the first exodus after the Kosovo war.
It comes as Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, and Robert Jenrick, her immigration minister, seek to seal a new “fast-track” route to deport thousands of Albanians who have travelled to the UK in the past 10 months.