The aging of the population and the increase in morbidity has caused Europe to be faced with increased needs for doctors, nurses and health personnel.

Under these conditions, many countries try to get trained doctors from different countries.

According to the data, doctors and nurses move from Eastern and Southern Europe to Western and Northern Europe, while workers in the latter regions move within the same areas.

Over the years, Albania has also faced the phenomenon of doctors leaving. According to the data of the Federation of Albanian Doctors in Europe, 3,500 doctors have left mainly for Germany during a 10-year period.

To curb this phenomenon, the change in the law has already meant that medical graduates in Albania are obliged to work for three years within the country before leaving.

Romania, Spain and France are the countries that send the most nurses abroad, while Germany, Romania and Italy export the most doctors.

At the same time, Ireland and Switzerland are the countries most dependent on foreign-trained doctors and nurses. In Switzerland, the share of foreign-trained doctors rose from around 25% between 2000 and 2010 to nearly 40% a decade later.