{"id":64491,"date":"2024-01-10T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=64491"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:14:27","slug":"more-than-156000-residents-have-left-kosovo-within-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/more-than-156000-residents-have-left-kosovo-within-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 156,000 residents have left Kosovo within four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Within four years, more than 156,000 residents have left Kosovo, which accounts for 8.85% of the country\u2019s population. It is estimated that by the end of 2022, over 949,000 residents are living outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the recently published data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, \u201cMigration 2018-2022\u201d, it is stated that out of the requests of Kosovo citizens for Schengen visa issuance, 84% of them were positive, while 16% were refused.<\/p>\n<p>The report also mentions that the number of Kosovo citizens with residence permits for the first time in EU member states and the Schengen area continued to increase.<\/p>\n<p>The number of citizens who were issued residence permits increased by 38.3% during this period, with the majority of them being for family reunification (46%) and employment purposes (36%), with most cases in Germany, Slovenia, and Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, 4,792 individuals renounced their Kosovo citizenship, while 62 were refused for not meeting legal criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 4,792 persons who renounced their Kosovo citizenship in 2022, data shows that 4,211 (88%) are from Germany, 419 (8.7%) from Austria, 71 (1.5%) from Slovenia, and 91 (1.8%) from other countries.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of expulsions of Kosovo citizens from EU member states and the Schengen area in 2022, according to countries, was registered in France 1,175 (27.6%), Slovenia 935 (22%), Croatia 560 (13.2%), Switzerland 290 (6.8%), Italy 270 (6.3%), and other countries 1,025 (24.1%).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the report indicates that over 5,000 Kosovo citizens were apprehended staying illegally in the territories of EU member states and the Schengen area in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This figure increased by 14% compared to 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within four years, more than 156,000 residents have left Kosovo, which accounts for 8.85% of the country\u2019s population. 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