Traffickers ‘Back to Business’ After UK Rwanda Deal, Says Albanian Journalist

A view of one of two areas being used for boats intercepted in the English Channel by the UK's Border Force at a warehouse facility in Dover, Kent, on July 27, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA

An Albanian journalist has told The Epoch Times the impact of Priti Patel’s deal with Rwanda has already worn off and traffickers are telling illegal immigrants they will not end up in the African country.

Muhamed Veliu, a political correspondent with Top Channel in Albania, said: “When the Rwanda deal was done we reported it in Albania and there was a concern for a month but it has not stopped traffickers. They have been advertising on TikTok and saying ‘hurry up, no one will send you to Rwanda.’”