阿尔巴尼亚驻英大使乌兰·费里齐批评英国右翼政党和媒体对2022年阿尔巴尼亚移民潮的关注程度过度，称其为"疯狂"和"歇斯底里"。[1] 他指出，尽管2022年有12658名阿尔巴尼亚人乘小船抵达英国，但这一数字仅占该年英国长期移民总数的约1%，且之后抵达人数急剧下降。[1]
费里齐强调了英国签证政策可能推动阿尔巴尼亚移民的因素。[1] 2018至2025年间，阿尔巴尼亚申请人的签证批准率仅为65.5%，远低于其他西巴尔干国家约90%的批准率，超过70000份阿尔巴尼亚签证申请被拒。[1] 大使认为这种低批准率可能促使弱势民众转向人口贩子。[1] 他强调，"一个强势少数派在英国政治和媒体中让阿尔巴尼亚移民危机在数据中已结束后还活着"。[1]
费里齐还质疑英国媒体关于阿尔巴尼亚移民的某些统计数据。[1] 对于《每日电讯报》2024年声称50个阿尔巴尼亚人中有1人在英国监狱中的说法，他指出这一数据未经年龄、性别等因素调整。[1]
Albania's ambassador to Britain has attacked right-wing politicians and media outlets for what he characterizes as an obsessive and disproportionate fixation on Albanian migration to the UK.[1] Ambassador Ulan Ferizi contends that while 12,658 Albanians arrived by small boat in 2022, this figure represented only approximately 1 percent of total long-term migration to the UK that year, and arrivals have since dropped sharply.[1]
Ferizi argues the continued emphasis on Albanian migrants obscures broader context around visa accessibility.[1] He points out that Albanian applicants between 2018 and 2025 faced a visa approval rate of 65.5 percent, significantly lower than the roughly 90 percent rate for other Western Balkan nations, suggesting disadvantaged individuals may be driven toward human traffickers as a consequence.[1] The ambassador also challenges claims made in media reporting, citing a 2024 Daily Telegraph article that asserted one in fifty Albanians in UK prisons, stating such figures lack adjustment for variables including age and gender.[1] According to Ferizi, over 70,000 Albanian visa applications have been rejected during this period.[1]