Consular Office

U.K. tackles exploitation in London embassies
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U.K. tackles exploitation in London embassies

When working as a cook in the Sudanese embassy in London, Fatima Benkharbouche faced exploitation: her employer failed to pay her minimum wage, withheld some of her salary and breached working time rules. She made an employment tribunal claim, but because her employer had diplomatic immunity, her claim was originally dismissed.   The law is…

The other Albanian migrant crisis
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The other Albanian migrant crisis

All of this poses a puzzle: if legal emigration to other destinations is a possibility, why is there such desperation to reach the UK? And why now? One explanation relates to chain migration and the UK’s labour shortages. The UK hosts a large diaspora from Albania’s poorest region, Kukes County. That attracts relatives and acquaintances…