Britain said on Tuesday it plans to introduce legislation to stop migrants crossing the English Channel from staying in the country, as it tries to control a surge in small boat arrivals to its southern coast.
The number of people arriving in England via the Channel has more than doubled in the past two years.
Government figures indicate that Albanians represent the largest segment of those arriving in the country in this way.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a new 5-point strategy to deal with illegal immigration, including plans to speed up the return of Albanian asylum seekers, and to finish examining the previous backlog of asylum application cases of about 150,000 by the end of next year, by doubling the number of specialists. in case studies.
"If you entered the UK illegally, you will not be able to stay here. Instead, you will be detained and quickly returned either to your country of origin or to a safe country where your asylum application will be processed," Sunak told parliament.
political crisis
The arrival of migrants in small boats poses a major political crisis for the Conservative government, particularly in the working-class areas of northern and central England, where migrants are blamed for reducing the number of jobs available and exhausting the public services sector.
Sunak said a new unit would be set up to house the future migrants in abandoned parks, student quarters and disused military outposts, rather than hotels.
He added that in the coming months, thousands of Albanians would return to their country.
Successive British governments have promised to stop the arrival of small boats.
Despite this, 44,867 people crossed the Channel on small boats to enter Britain this year.
Concerns about migrant arrivals were a driving force behind the Brexit vote in the 2016 referendum, with supporters calling for Britain to "take back control" of its borders.
Sunak said, "It is not cruel or brutal that we want to break the grip of criminal gangs that trade in human suffering. Enough is enough."
The British government earlier this year announced plans to deport migrants to Rwanda among other efforts, which it hopes will deter people arriving in Britain by small boat.