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Migrant crisis is down to failed policies – not Albanians, says nation’s PM

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has singled out Albanian asylum seekers after a big increase in the numbers of them crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Home Office made ‘massive error’ leaving migrants at London’s Victoria Station, claims charity worker

According to reports, 11 of the 40 migrants were left at Victoria station with ‘nowhere to go’

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

Albanian PM blasts Suella Braverman for making citizens scapegoats for UK 'failures'

Edi Rama accused the crisis-hit Home Secretary of 'discriminating' against Albanians and slammed the 'easy rhetoric' of targeting his people for Britain's immigration woes

Daily Mirror · Nov 2, 2022

Braverman told to stop targeting Albanians to ‘excuse failures’ by nation’s PM

The Home Secretary was criticised by Edi Rama for using ‘easy rhetoric’ that ‘ignores hard facts’.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Britain is targeting Albanians to excuse policy failures, says country’s PM

Edi Rama urges ministers to ‘stop discriminating’ after Suella Braverman’s ‘Albanian criminals’ comments

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022

In Israel, Albanian PM to Meet Cyber Chief after Iran Hack

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit that will include a meeting with Israeli cyber defense officials, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. Rama's three-day visit came a month after Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran over a July cyberattack that targeted Albanian governmental…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 23, 2022

NATO Condemns Cyberattack on Albania amid Diplomatic Row with Tehran

NATO allies on Thursday condemned a recent cyberattack against Albania that the governments in Washington and Tirana have blamed on Iran. The organization’s condemnation coincided with the Albanian counter-terrorism police searching the empty Iranian embassy in Tirana, hours after Iranian diplomats burned papers inside the premises following the severing of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 9, 2022

NATO allies condemn cyberattack on Albania

NATO allies on Thursday condemned a recent cyberattack against Albania that the governments in Washington and Tirana have blamed on Iran.

Reuters · Sep 8, 2022

Albania cuts ties with Iran over cyberattacks targeting Paris-based dissidents

Albania has ended diplomatic ties with Iran and ordered all Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave the country within 24 hours. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the decision followed Iranian “cyberattacks”.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 8, 2022

Iranian Diplomats Burn Documents Hours Before Leaving Albania

Iranian diplomats burned documents early Thursday, hours before they were to leave Albania after it cut diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing Tehran of a major cyberattack in July. In a rare video address on Wednesday, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said he had ordered Iranian diplomats and staff to close…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022