Albanian Illegal Immigrants

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In the spring and summer of 1991 tens of thousands of Albanians commandeered cargo ships to take them to Italy. The immigrants were escaping a collapsing communist dictatorship. Robert Budina was one of the Albanians on board the Vlora, a cargo ship which had been carrying sugar from Cuba.(Photo: Albanian immigrants on board the Vlora. Copyright: Associated Press)