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Lee Anderson has shredded Sir Keir Starmer over the PM’s try to ship unlawful migrants to Albania. The Reform UK MP took to X to savage the Labour chief, who earlier in the present day advised reporters he was in talks with various nations about “return hubs”, earlier than Albania’s Prime Minister dominated out his nation as a doable vacation spot.

In a put up on Instagram, Sir Keir wrote: “Working together with Albania, we will deter, detect, and return illegal migrants.” Rubbishing the PM’s remarks, Mr Anderson advised X customers to look at a clip of him grilling the Albanian ambassador over why unlawful migrants from his nation pay hundreds of kilos to cross the Channel after they might pay lower than £30 for a low-cost airfare.

During the trade, the Albanian ambassador appeared unable to reply to Mr Anderson’s questions. The Ashfield MP put ahead the “theory” that some Albanian migrants cross the Channel on dinghys, quite than paying for an inexpensive flight to the UK, “because if they came legally… our border control [would] know exactly who these people are” and whether or not they had been concerned in “illegal activities”.

Reflecting on the clip, the MP mentioned the ambassador’s unwillingness to reply “never fails to astonish”.

Earlier in the present day, the Albanian Prime Minister appeared to snub Sir Keir’s intimation that Albania may very well be used as a “return hub” for failed asylum seekers.

“I have been very clear since day one when we started this process with Italy that this was a one-off with Italy because of our very close relation but also because of the geographical situation, which makes a lot of sense,” Edi Rama mentioned.

“We have been asked by several countries if we are open to it and we said no because we are loyal to the marriage with Italy.”