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Were there other albanians in prison with you that you talked about this with? many people decide to come back because of that. mark was also offered a financial incentive of £1,500 to co—operate and not appeal his deportation. the home office said it did not publish figures on how many albanian prisoners were given resettlement money to return home, and that it took every opportunity to intercept the work of people smugglers and speed up the removal of albanians with no legal right to be in the uk. but several deportees we spoke to said they plan to return to the uk within weeks. what's to...

Those who tried to enter the uk without permission. around 1,000 albanians have been sent back on flights like this one so far, proof, the uk says, that its deal with albania is working. around half those returning to albania do so voluntarily. most of the enforced returns come from uk prisons. some are being released from prison before serving their minimum sentence. until last month, this man, who we're calling mark, was serving a six—year sentence for drug offences. he was offered deportation after serving just two, a year before he would have been eligible for parole. they ask me, what i...