The UK government has launched an information campaign aimed at deterring the flow of migrants to the UK through the English Channel, BTA reported, citing DPA. The message of the initiative is that people who embark on such a trip "take the risk of being detained and removed," the agency said.

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The interior ministry gave no information on the amount of money needed to finance the campaign, but said it would "explain the dangers" faced by migrants travelling in small boats across the English Channel. The campaign will start in Albania next week, with messages in Albanian posted on Facebook and Instagram in August 2022 to persuade people not to take the trip.

In the past year, the number of migrants crossing the English Channel has reached a record high, and since the beginning of this year more than 6000,<> people have taken the journey through the strait. The Home Office said Albania was a "safe and prosperous country" and many of its citizens were "passing through multiple countries on their way to the UK" where, upon arrival, they put forward implausible reasons for seeking asylum.

From the beginning of this year until March, Britain received the most asylum applications from Albanian citizens, 13,714, with 9487,<> of Albanian migrants arriving by boat across the English Channel. "Organised crime linked to migrants is a global problem that requires solutions at the international level all the way migrants go from start to finish. This involves working proactively at the starting point before people embark on dangerous and unnecessary journeys," Migration Secretary Robert Jenrick said.

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"We are determined to stop the boats, and the campaign launched in Albania this week is just part of the Interior Ministry's work on debunking the myths about illegal travel to the UK, clarifying what these trips really are and tackling the lies spread by ill-intentioned human traffickers profiting from this vile trade."

Under the Illegal Migration Act, foreigners seeking asylum in the UK who have arrived in the country illegally will be deported to their home country or to third countries, such as Rwanda. In addition, ministers hope that this law will reduce daily costs, amounting to 5.5 million pounds, to accommodate migrants arriving in the country.

The law, which is currently being considered by the House of Lords, has not been welcomed by critics, including the Archbishop of Canterbury. They said the law was both unenforceable and "morally unacceptable".

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