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EXCLUSIVE: Albanian teens plan to sneak into the UK and join drug gangs with the aim of getting sent to prison and aiding their asylum claim, a gang expert has revealed.
The mass migration has left Kukes and its surrounding villages being labelled 'ghost towns' as so many young people and families have left with only the older generation left behind.
The town of Kukes has seen more of its residents leave for a new life in the UK than anywhere else in Albania - now its leaders are working with Britain to get them back.
Mayor Albert Halilaj said that the UK is helping to fund efforts to train up locals in Kukes, one of Albania's poorest regions, to deter them from seeking a new life in the UK.
Kreu i Partisë Demokratike në Kukës Arif Rexhmati ka reaguar në lidhje me fitoren e kandidatit të Partisë Socialiste, Albert Halilaj, në zgjedhjet e pjesshme lokale në Kukës