Albania: Why do we go from here - Documentary Trailer - video Dailymotion

We speak to some of those who have made the often perilous journey from Albania to Kent in an exclusive new documentary

Transcript

00:00Is it worth risking your life to come to the UK?

00:03That's a million-dollar question.

00:06Independence Day rallies and protests have brought the Albanian community together.

00:10Albania was closed to the rest of the world for 50 years.

00:16In 2022, 12,000 to 13,000 Albanians were coming to the UK through illegal means.

00:22I've arrived in Albania, somewhere I've loved visiting growing up,

00:26but this time, I'll be talking to people about their lives, society, and why they want to leave.

00:34We have a very poor life.

00:36We have no money, no clothes.

00:38But why England?

00:40There are other countries where you can work.

00:43Because it's the epicentre of these drugs.

00:47There are stories of people who come to the UK because of the life that is seen on social media,

00:51and organised criminal gangs use this to traffic young men to work in cannabis farms.

00:57How many times have you tried this?

01:00About 10 times, I've tried it from the moment I got here.

01:0410 times?

01:05It's the only thing I can do.

01:07I can't leave.

01:09I would leave any day.

01:12I don't see the point.

01:13I've come here and I've said to many young people,

01:19don't come here, because there are opportunities, and there are opportunities in Albania.

01:22I feel like I relearned everything that I previously knew.