An updated, comprehensive review of the most up-to-date sources relating to trafficking, protection and organised crime in Albania: this is an essential resource for lawyers representing Albanian asylum claims and anyone interested in interrogating country of origin evidence relating to the safety of Albania for the return of asylum seekers.
This guide to using the best evidence has a helpful FAQ-style contents page that will help lawyers address relevant points in asylum claims that are based on a fear of trafficking or re-trafficking in Albania.
From risk of trafficking, to sufficiency of protection in Albania, to assistance and possibility of relocation internally, this paper carefully analyses both the sources of evidence used in the Home Office’s own Country Policy and Guidance Notes (CPINs), pointing out where policy guidance conflicts with evidence the CPINs rely on, and helpfully suggests further sources of evidence not contained in the CPINs.
Throughout, the guide clearly distinguishes between evidence contained in the government’s CPINs and evidence to be found elsewhere, which lawyers instructed in judicial review challenges to certification will find particularly helpful.
The updated paper takes into account version 16.0 of the CPIN on trafficking, published in July 2024 and also newly version 3.0 of the Actors of Protection CPIN published on 20 February 2025.
Written by Claudia Neale of Garden Court Chambers and Micah Neale, freelance researcher.
