Albanian migration and the exodus from a ‘failed state’

Enticed by the economic opportunity in Britain, more Albanian migrants have been crossing the Channel

 Border Force escorting migrants into Dover
Around 12,000 of the almost 40,000 or so people who’ve reached Britain in small boats this year are Albanian
(Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

In a concrete school playground in Kukës – Albania’s poorest region – a group of teenagers stand around, playing with a tattered volleyball. These are the ones who have been left behind, said Ben Ellery in The Times.

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