Nov 23, 2022 – Ralf Gjoni, Managing Partner at Global Pro Group told MailOnline: ‘Britain has failed to handle Brexit properly and now there are shortages in the workforce for drivers, nurses, IT people and care workers and they don’t have the people to fill these vacancies.
‘If the work visa (regime) was better handled then the result would be much better but the Home Office has failed to liberalise it and so you get an increase in the numbers crossing illegally.
‘It boils down to the fact that Britain wanted Brexit but they didn’t know how to handle it and this is what it looks like – a real mess of shortages and illegal migration.
Talking to Nick Pisa in Tirana, Gjoni added:
‘None of this (illegal crossings) would be happening if there was a sensible work visa process in place. The reality is that the UK has a labour force shortage and there are thousands of people here in Albania willing to come and work there to fill these vacancies but the process to get a UK visa is appalling and humiliating.’