An Albanian migrant who arrived to Britain by boat took to social media to gloat about how "easy" Britain was to reach after fleeing from his asylum hotel.
Elvis Zoto, 22, boasted about illegally entering the country and even posted his Home Office registration documents detailing his arrival to Dover three years ago.
The 22-year-old's journey into Britain saw him fly from Albania to Belgium, before hopping on a train to France, where he paid a smuggler to take him across the Channel, the Daily Mail revealed.
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Elvis Zoto, 22, boasted about illegally entering the country
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The Albanian national was approached by a Mail on Sunday reporter posing as a migrant, and told them that his journey into Britain was "easy".
Zoto also revealed that he had broken out of the four-star Crowne Plaza where he was being housed after climbing out of a window.
Over 12,600 Albanian nationals have made the illegal crossing into Britain since 2022, with the National Crime Agency (NCA) warning that the route was being exploited by drug gangs from the Balkan nation.
Zoto was arrested in November 2023 after police officers carried out a stop and search.
Over 12,600 Albanian nationals have made the illegal crossing into Britain since 2022
| GETTYHe was convicted of dealing crack cocaine in April 2024 and received a sentence of two years and nine months in prison.
Foreign criminals who are handed a prison sentence exceeding one year automatically face being deported.
However, Zoto managed to win the right to challenge the decision to deport him after claiming that he was still awaiting the outcome of his asylum claim.
In a hearing last month, High Court judge Claire Padley told the Albanian national that escaping the asylum hotel meant that he had forfeited his right to claim asylum.
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He was convicted of dealing crack cocaine in April 2024 and received a sentence of two years and nine months in prison
| GETTYOn a video posted to social media, Zoro flaunted stacks of banknotes accompanied with laughing reaction emojis.
The 22-year-old told the undercover reporter: "They keep you in detention a maximum of two days, then send you to a hotel. In the detention centre it's good conditions.
'You tell them you are married and that's the end of the story.
'I left from the window of that hotel... Keep a low profile and after a month get a solicitor."
Chairman of Migrant Watch UK told the Daily Mail: "Three years on from making his way here illegally in a small boat, Zoto is finally to be deported.
"He should have been refused entry and removed within hours of reaching the UK.
"A system that allows such a chancer to string it out for three years, at huge cost to the taxpayer, is clearly in desperate need of reform."
More than 27,000 migrants have crossed the Channel by boat so far this year.