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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

UK to fast-track failed Albanian asylum-seeker deportations

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The U.K. has announced plans to “fast-track” the deportation of failed Albanian asylum-seekers as authorities combat a surge in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

British immigration officers will immediately process asylum claims made by Albanians entering the U.K. on small boats, and those with no right to remain in the country will be removed “as soon as possible,” according to the Home Office, which oversees border enforcement.

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