Kosovo population drain challenges Germany's refugee policies
The number of Kosovars seeking asylum in the EU has drastically
increased. It poses a challenge to recipient countries in the region,
including Germany, and is on the agenda at Kosovo-Serbia talks in
Brussels.
Seven years after declaration of independence from Serbia, Kosovo is
seeing a dramatic rise in the number of its citizens leaving to escape
unemployment and poverty.
According to the UN, 35 percent of people in Kosovo are unemployed and
nearly 30 percent of the country lives in poverty. It is estimated that
more than 30,000 people have left the country in the last two months,
transiting illegally into EU member Hungary via Serbia.
Exodus to Germany
Many of those seeking more economic opportunities come to Germany.
German figures released on Monday, February 9 show a significant increase in asylum applications from Kosovars - from 1,956 applications in December to 3,630 in January.
The jump has prompted the German embassy in Pristina to warn of a "mass
exodus" of Kosovars bound for Germany. According to a report from
Sunday's Bild am Sonntag newspaper, the embassy has urged Berlin to act
fast, and try to put the brakes on people leaving one of Europe's
poorest regions.
The embassy's warning is said to call for "quick action from federal and
state governments," and asks the question "can we stop the avalanche?"
Hopes "not justified"
But Germany has now prioritized Kosovar applications and tries to
process them within 10 days, though
many of them are rejected, according
to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
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Serbia Tries To Block Migrant Exodus To EU
Serbian security forces have
increased patrols and deployed elite units in an effort to stop
thousands of migrants from crossing its border into Hungary.
Serbian officials say some 1,000 asylum seekers are caught each day
by Hungarian or Serbian border guards trying to illegally cross the
border.
The large majority of the migrants are citizens of Kosovo, although there are also Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, and others.
Hungarian officials say almost 23,000 illegal migrants came to
Hungary in the first six weeks of 2015, compared to a total of some
43,000 in all of 2014.
Kosovar officials say about 100,000 Kosovar Albanians have left the country since summer 2014.
Most of the migrants go from Hungary to wealthier EU countries such as Germany, Austria, and France.
Kosovo, one of the poorest countries in Europe, declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
That article was published here:
http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-tries-to-block-migrant-exodus/26842491.html
PLEASE STAY HOME. WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE FLEEING WARTORN SYRIA
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