Albania is a ‘safe’ country, cross-party MPs group finds

People who flee to seek sanctuary in UK should not routinely be granted asylum, home affairs select committee report says

Albania is a safe" country and people who flee from there to seek sanctuary in the UK should not routinely be granted asylum, according to a report published on Monday from a cross-party group of MPs.

The report from the home affairs select committee found little evidence to indicate significant numbers of Albanian nationals are at risk in their own country but accepted that some Albanians making asylum claims, mainly women, have been trafficked. It recommends that this group should be returned to Albania only if appropriate safeguards are in place.