Albania’s Young Migrants
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 5 November 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Albania’s Prime Minister this week has accused the UK of scapegoating his country's citizens to excuse its ‘failed policies’ on migration. This comes amid a deepening crisis over the UK’s handling of asylum seekers. Sara Monetta spoke to people in the suburbs of Tirana about why many of Albania’s young people are choosing to leave.
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Presenter: Kate Adie Producers: Serena Tarling and Ellie House Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Today, an evening of festivity and soul that turned into a devastating tragedy, we hear |
| 0:12.0 | from someone caught in the crowd in Itte 1. |
| 0:16.2 | In Israel, a far-right politician is set to be the kingmaker in the new government after |
| 0:21.6 | elections there this week. |
| 0:24.0 | In Arizona, as the US debate over abortion rights grows ever more divisive, we hear about |
| 0:30.4 | a provision for mothers to relinquish their newborn babies safely. |
| 0:35.9 | And the city of Kiev is plunged into darkness, as power cuts and missile strikes bring the |
| 0:42.3 | immediacy of the conflict back to the streets of the capital. |
| 0:47.0 | But first, Albania's Prime Minister this week has accused the UK of scapegoating his |
| 0:52.6 | citizens to excuse its failed policies on borders and migration. |
| 0:58.5 | This comes amid a deepening crisis over the UK's handling of asylum seekers, with the government |
| 1:04.0 | facing legal action over the crowded conditions at the Manston Migrant Processing Centre in |
| 1:09.8 | Kent. |
| 1:11.6 | Last week, UK MPs were told 12,000 Albanians had arrived in the UK so far this year, after |
| 1:18.8 | crossing the English Channel, compared to just 50 in 2020, representing the biggest contingent |
| 1:26.4 | arriving in small boats. |
| 1:28.5 | Sara Maneta travelled to the Albanian capital Tirana and its suburbs to talk to people |
| 1:34.2 | about why many of the country's young people are choosing to leave, and why they want |
| 1:39.5 | to go to the UK. |
| 1:41.6 | A short drive out of Tirana's bustling city centre, the landscape becomes tazelot |
| 1:47.1 | and empty. |
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