Deported Albanian criminals paying £20k to illegally return to Britain

Following the agreement, which was signed by then-Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel, there are regular, often weekly, flights for criminals who have either completed their sentence or have volunteered to be returned to their home country for the remainder.

However, many return to the UK in illegal ways, for example, on the back of a lorry or on yachts. Some pay up to £20,000 for this service.

This also carries a five-year prison sentence.

One migrant who has returned to the country despite multiple charges of robbery is Dorian Puka.

The 29-year-old has been jailed and deported twice for burglaries before sneaking his way back into the country.

Puka has even used social media to flaunt his stolen wealth, such as with multiple flashy Rolex watches or his £180,000 Lamborghini.

Puka was twice jailed and deported for burglaries before sneaking back into Britain, while also taunting the Home Office with videos of his extravagant lifestyle on social media.

The Home Office has admitted it is helpless with the situation until the outcome of his asylum claim is confirmed.

Emirjon Gjuta, 34, appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday, after previously admitting to breaching his deportation order by re-entering the country in November 2024.

The Albanian national, who was deported from the UK twice in three years, has now been jailed after returning illegally for a third time.

Gjuta was first deported in August 2020 after being convicted of drug offences and deported again in March 2023 after being found in the country with false documents. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

The defendant's spokesman claimed he had not fully understood the contents of the deportation order because he had not had an interpreter in court in 2020 and 2022.

Alket Dauti, a people smuggler who was jailed after returning to the UK following a separate sentence, is now roaming London with an electronic tag after being granted immigration bail.

The Albanian crime boss launched a legal challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), claiming he has a right to stay here as his wife and children live in the UK, after the Home Office tried to deport him.

The flurry of those returning to the UK comes just after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who unveiled a revamped illegal migration system last week, came under fire from the Albanian Prime Minister.

Ms Mahmood vowed to "remove those who have failed asylum claims", citing "700 Albanian families living in taxpayer-funded accommodation having failed".

In a social media post, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama furiously retorted that, since the 2022 returns agreement, "irregular arrivals from Albania to the UK have almost disappeared".

"Let us also be clear: Albanians are net contributors to the British economy, and the number of Albanians receiving UK benefits is very low relative to other communities," he added.

"To single them out again and again is not policy - it is a troubling and indecent exercise in demagoguery."

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