{"id":21415,"date":"2021-09-30T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=21415"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:00:45","slug":"albania-viewed-as-a-safe-passage-by-migrants-trying-to-cross-the-eu-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-viewed-as-a-safe-passage-by-migrants-trying-to-cross-the-eu-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania viewed as a safe passage by migrants trying to cross the EU border"},"content":{"rendered":"

The border between Greece and Albania has turned into the main route, located at the heart of Europe, being used by migrants trying to reach EU member states.<\/p>\n

During a recent visit to Greece, AP noted that some 50 people sought shelter in a forest, where they had found an abandoned home.<\/p>\n

They all want to cross through the Albanian border, only a few kilometers away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to leave; I have a foot injury. I can barely walk. I was hit in Darra in my home country\u201d, says e Syrian migrant.<\/p>\n

Abdallah has been living in Albania for 50 days, together with his wife and 5 children aged 5-15. It is their sixth bid to cross the border.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to pass through Albania and Serbia, but the German, Italian, and Hungarian Frontex are positioned at the border with Albania. It\u2019s very difficult to cross\u201d, said another migrant.<\/p>\n

Migrants who don\u2019t want to stay in Greece have several options, but all of them are illegal.<\/p>\n

One is to find a boat and sail to Italy, the other is fake flight tickets, or walk across Bulgaria, North Macedonia, or Albania.<\/p>\n

But with an ever more difficult to reach Bulgaria and a hermetic North Macedonia, migrants are eyeing Albania as a safer passage.<\/p>\n

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