Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

By LLAZAR SEMINI
Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has installed a “sophisticated” network of cameras along its border with Kosovo, supplied by the British government in an attempt to stem the number of migrants flowing into the United Kingdom and to track criminal activity in the region, the U.K. home office said. Albanian nationals were among the 45,000 people who arrived in the U.K. in speedboats in 2022, looking for higher-paying jobs than neighboring countries such as Greece or Italy, according to British authorities and the Albanian local media. The newly installed network — which cost 1.6 million pounds (1.86 million Euro) — included a fleet of drones and number plate recognition cameras.