Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role the Albanian police played during the removal of Albanian nationals on 12 October; and whether the Albanian police had direct contact with those Albanian nationals.

We do not routinely comment on individual cases.

All those arriving in the UK by small boat, regardless of nationality, are given the opportunity to raise any protection claims. No one has been removed whilst they had a pending claim for protection or as a potential victim of modern slavery.

The Albanian police representative working with the Home Office to tackle organised crime groups have no role in UK immigration decisions or the return of individuals to Albania.