Records: This is the number of Syrians seeking asylum in Albania

According to official data, the number of Syrians seeking asylum in Albania has increased year-on-year. 2018 has also marked the record with 4095 applications stored so far from only 307 registered in 2017. The Syrians see Albania as a safe place to live, as well as religious tolerance.

But at the Center of Asians, it is also met by young people who value Albania, but for different reasons it is not this country in which they want to stop.

Asians show they have been welcomed to Albania, unlike many European countries that have closed borders. The closure of the Balkan road passing by Bosnia and Hungary was closed, and this increased the influx of migrants passing through Albania.

Taha's melancholic vision shines as he speaks. For me, Albania is like a second native”! In the centre of Babrru, the Syrian youth walks between Albanian and Arabic to advise the latest settlers. “I've gone to some places, but there's something different here”, he says for sure.

Albanian people don't view you as a refugee, but initially as a human being”. Taha's parents remained in Lebanon, while for him the journey has suddenly stopped from one year in the small Adriatic country.

With asylum in his pocket, Taha already hopes to become part of a Tirana football club.