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Albanians in UK scapegoated by rightwing media and politicians, says ambassador

Albanian ambassador to the UK Uran Ferizi has accused rightwing media outlets and politicians, including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, of scapegoating Britain’s Albanian community, resulting in discrimination in schools, workplaces, and social settings. Ferizi challenged misleading crime statistics about Albanians, noting that when properly contextualized, their imprisonment rate matches that of native-born Britons, and drew parallels to historical mistreatment of other immigrant groups in the UK.