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Albania: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Documents

Country policy and information note: unaccompanied children, Albania, July 2025

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Country information note: medical and healthcare provision, Albania, May 2023

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Report of a fact-finding mission: blood feuds, Albania, January 2023

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Report of a fact-finding mission: human trafficking, Albania, December 2022

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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

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Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016

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    1. Published an updated version of the country and information note: actors of protection, Albania.

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Update history

2025-07-21 08:51
Added the country policy and information note: unaccompanied children.

2025-02-20 15:55
Published an updated version of the country and information note: actors of protection, Albania.

2025-01-21 13:26
Published the country and policy information note: mental healthcare, Albania, January 2025.

2024-07-12 16:06
Updated information on human trafficking published.

2024-07-09 15:03
Updated information on blood feuds published.

2024-03-22 13:51
Updated sections 1.4 and 6 in the note on human trafficking. Added an accessible version of the note on medical and healthcare provision.

2023-06-08 09:15
Albania: Medical and healthcare provision, May 2023 information note has been added. This has been updated to include information on the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund and references to drugs lists published by the Ministry of Health and Social Care.

2023-02-23 09:22
Added accessible version of the information on human trafficking.

2023-02-02 10:00
Updated the country policy and information note on human trafficking.

2023-01-26 13:56
Updated information on blood feuds published.

2023-01-26 10:49
Added Report on fact-finding mission: Blood feuds, Albania

2022-12-16 14:23
Updated information published covering: ‘actors of protection’, ‘mental healthcare’, ‘domestic violence against women’ and ‘sexual orientation and gender identity and expression’.

2022-12-13 09:30
Updated human trafficking guidance.

2022-11-22 14:42
Information on Roma and Balkan Egyptians removed as no longer required.

2022-11-10 17:12
Updated information on medical and healthcare provision published.

2022-09-21 16:29
Accessible versions added of documents covering: trafficking, sexual orientation and gender identity, domestic abuse and violence against women, Roma and Balkan Egyptians, and actors of protection.

2022-09-20 16:43
All documents replaced.

2022-08-30 15:42
All Albania country policy and information notes have been removed for review.