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Lords Chamber
Asylum Claims - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sahota (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, India was recently designated a safe country, along with Georgia, Albania and other countries - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None other countries are exploring similar models—for example, Italy, which has announced a partnership with Albania - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) now and adds the other EEA states of Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, as well as Switzerland and Albania - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) the list of safe countries is all those in the EEA—the European Economic Area—plus Switzerland and Albania - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Those countries remain on the list, with the more recent addition of Albania, and with Georgia and India - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) On deterrence, which I think was the thrust of the question, the Albania scheme brought into effect by - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) By the way, we supported what the Government have done with Albania. - Speech Link
3: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Albania has already shown that: numbers have dropped by over 90%. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) What is the cost of the returns agreements with countries such as Albania? - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) have heard them on good authority—of people who, under an agreement, have been returned from the UK to Albania - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None We have also signed a robust new agreement with Albania, which has restarted transfers of Albanian offenders—the - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) the current 12 months, can be deported; expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) We have also signed a robust new agreement with Albania, which has restarted transfers of Albanian offenders—the - Speech Link


Written Statements
Foreign National Offenders, Prisons and Probation - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) We have also signed a robust new agreement with Albania which has restarted transfers of Albanian FNOs - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Report stage - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) We have seen this through our Albania partnership, where we have removed more than 5,700 people, and - Speech Link
2: None As the recent judgment in the case of LA (Albania) v Upper Tribunal made clear, the fact that an ouster - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bshp - Bishops) Indeed, the arrangements currently being made between Albania and Italy mean that those processed in - Speech Link
4: None For example, Italy has announced a partnership with Albania. - Speech Link


Written Statements
United Kingdom and Frontex: Working Arrangement - Fri 23 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) with Frontex, and various other third countries have similar arrangements, including the USA, Canada, Albania - Speech Link