“Balkan Exodus”: Six million people have left region (B92, RTS)
EBRD analyses show that during migrations, highly qualified personnel rather than those with average knowledge and skills leave regional countries. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Suma Chakrabarti told RTS that migration of skilled workers has a negative effect on productivity, and that negative growth effects can also lead to the departure of […]
Read More →Thousands leave Kosovo, ministry report says (N1, Beta, RFE)
More than 170,000 people left Kosovo between 2013 and 2017, the Internal Affairs Ministry in Pristina said in its latest report, adding that the figure includes both legal and illegal immigrants, Radio Free Europe reported. The ministry report said that most people from Kosovo move to EU member states but added that a percentage go […]
Read More →More than 40,000 Albanians ready to leave Kosovo – report (B92, Sputnik, Indeksonline.net)
The mass departure from Kosovo shows that nothing has been done over the past two years economy-wise to make people want to stay, Belgrade based portal B92 quotes the Albanian language website indeksonline.net. According to the website, almost 40,000 people are currently waiting for the German embassy to reply to their applications to be granted […]
Read More →“First time”: EU inks border deal with Albania (B92, Tanjug, AP)
The EU has announced that it signed an agreement with Albania that will allow its border patrols to be present and work in that country. According to AP, cited by Tanjug, this is “the first time the bloc has concluded such an accord.” The deal is aimed at tackling irregular migration, in particular sudden changes […]
Read More →Serbian PM Vucic: EU still the best place to belong to (DW)
Serbia will strive firmly to be part of the EU, says Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. He underlined that his country has done more in the refugee crisis than several EU members. Aleksandar Vucic spoke to DW on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. DW: There are many refugees in Serbia at the […]
Read More →Over 17 thousand asylum-seekers returned to Kosovo (Koha)
Asylum seekers and their reintegration has been a topic of discussion at a table with Interior Minister Skender Hyseni and mayors of several municipalities. Hyseni said his ministry together with the municipalities will have to continue with awareness campaigns on repatriation benefits. “The reintegration and repatriation process will continue even after the Europpean Commission recommends […]
Read More →Is Kosovo a safe place or not? (Koha Ditore)
The paper’s Brussels-based correspondent, Augustin Palokaj, in an opinion piece today writes that the European Union considers Kosovo as a safe place of origin in terms of access to asylum seekers from Kosovo. But, according to him, the EU and many member states consider the security situation in Kosovo still “fragile”. “The EU also faces […]
Read More →Stefanovic: The issue of migrants should be solved at EU level (Blic)
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told CNN’s reporter Christiane Amanpour that the migrants issue is a problem the entire Europe is facing and called for coming up with a coherent plan for the entire continent. Stefanovic said that almost 115,000 refugees passed through Serbia since the beginning of 2015, stressing that it is difficult for […]
Read More →Germany urged to deter Balkan asylum claims (Deutsche Welle)
German politicians have called for measures to deter people from the Balkans from seeking asylum in Germany. Only a tiny percentage are ever granted asylum, with many deemed to be economic migrants. Volker Kauder, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), said Balkan citizens with little prospect of asylum should be sent […]
Read More →Kosovo and Montenegro favor “safe country of origin” status (Deutsche Welle)
The leaders of Kosovo and Montenegro have said they believe Germany should designate their countries as “safe” countries of origin. This status should make it more difficult for people to be granted asylum in Germany. According to a report published in Tuesday’s edition of the German business daily “Handelsblatt,” both Kosovo’s Prime Minister Isa Mustafa […]
Read More →Germany shuts out refugees with ‘safe’ states list (Deutsche Welle)
With refugee numbers on the rise, German political parties have been wrangling once again over which Balkan states to add to its list of “safe countries of origin.” But whether there is any point to it is another matter. As conflicts abroad become refugee panics at home, Angela Merkel’s government is reaching for time-worn methods […]
Read More →In ships with migrants arrive the jihadists (TV Most)
Director of the EU Agency for cooperation in the field of Justice (Eurojust) Michelle Koninsx said that in the ships with the migrants that arrive into the Europe across the Mediterranean sea are located the fighters of the Islamic state. Koninsx stated that it is not yet known which kind of a problem for European […]
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