The trend of young people leaving has ranked Albania 2nd in the world for the highest levels of migration. The latest Eurostat data show that from 2013 to 2023, more than 64,215 Albanian citizens under the age of 18 applied for asylum in the countries of the European Union. In absolute value, this figure was the fifth in the world, but, relative to the population, Albania had the second highest rate of asylum seekers of this age group in the EU, with 241 young people per 10,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n
Albania leaves behind only Syria, which has 266 asylum requests per 10,000 inhabitants. While Albania has a difference with the countries that follow it in the ranking. Although with a small population among the countries of origin of migrants, Albania leads the global ranking of new asylum seekers in Europe, also in terms of number of people.<\/p>\n
Eurostat data show that over the last 10 years, 64,215 thousand young people under the age of 18 from Albania sought asylum in one of the EU countries, ranking Albania fourth in the world after Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey, countries that have a much larger population than Albania.<\/p>\n
The highest migration flows of Albanian 18-year-olds culminated in 2015, when around 22,000 young people under the age of 18 sought asylum in an EU country, most of whom were part of families that left the country at that time.<\/p>\n
The flows were high and remain so, but let’s compare them with the young people who have remained in the country. A survey of the Regional Cooperation Council in 2023 showed that 31 percent of Albanians plan to leave the country.<\/p>\n
But the most important thing is that 18% of them already have plans and have found ways to escape. The results show that migration in Albania is more aggressive than in other countries, as a greater percentage of Albanians do not want to emigrate temporarily, but permanently.<\/p>\n
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