Keir Starmer was left red-faced today as he hailed talks over Rwanda-style 'return hubs' - minutes before his Albanian counterpart ruled out hosting one.
The PM revealed this morning that he has authorised discussions with a string of Balkan states that would see the UK pay to send failed asylum seekers overseas.
He suggested he would be speaking about the idea with Edi Rama on a visit to Tirana today.
However, at a joint press conference, Mr Rama said: 'I have been very clear since day one when we started this process with Italy that this was a one off with Italy because of our very close relation but also because of the geographical situation which makes a lot of sense.'
Sir Keir declined to name the countries involved - thought to include Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia - but added: 'At the appropriate time, I'll be able to give you further details in relation to it.'
