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"About 46,460 Albanians left the country in 2022. This exodus was 10.5% higher
than in 2021, with the majority, about 36,000, being young people, according to
new data from the Albanian Institute of Statistics.
This data also shows that fewer Albanian young people are entering the labour
force and completing their studies. For example, in the academic year
2021-2022, about 30,910 students graduated from higher education, marking a
5.4% decrease from the previous academic year.
Other sources, such as EU data, suggest families may also be leaving. Enrolment
rates for the upcoming academic year 2022-2023 have declined by 4% for pupils
in elementary schools.
A significant factor in rising migration is likely to be the high rate of youth
unemployment, according to a report from the Westminster Foundation for
Democracy. Albania has the second highest youth unemployment in the western
Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo
and Serbia).
Unicef reported that about 17% of Albanians aged 18–24 had dropped out of
school in 2021–2022, and more than a quarter of those aged 15–24 were neither
employed nor enrolled in any education degree.
Overall, Albania’s population has declined every year from 2001 to 2023. Recent
polling on the reasons for leaving Albania, conducted by the non-profit
foundation SwissContact, and included in a UK home affairs select committee
report, suggests that Kukës county in northern Albania has seen more than half
of its population emigrate since 1990, with the majority heading to the UK.
About 35% of current residents wish to leave Kukës, and 59% want to migrate to
the UK, it found."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
