15 minutes agoOver 42 thousand Kosovars gave up citizenship
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)For nine years over 400,000 Kosovars have given up Kosovo citizenship. Since 2009 until early 2018, over 42 thousand Kosovo citizens have given up their citizenship, while only during the first four months of this year over 1600 Kosovars have given up their citizenship [...]
For nine years over 400,000 Kosovars have given up Kosovo citizenship. Since 2009 until early 2018, over 42 thousand Kosovo citizens have given up citizenship, while only during the first four months of this year over 1600 Kosovars have given up their citizenship
The number of Kosovars who are giving up citizenship is marking growth year-on-year.
The concern is that the largest number of people to give up Kosovo citizenship, mainly young people, between the ages of 18 and 34.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Izmi Zeka has stated to the newspaper “Voice” that the number of Kosovo citizens who have given up citizenship in the first period of this year has increased, compared to a year ago.
According to him, in the first four months of 2018 alone, about 1700 Kosovars have renounced Kosovo's citizenship.
Whatever your question about the number of citizens of the Republic of Kosovo who have been released from citizenship, let us inform you that over 40 thousand (42,000) citizens of the Republic of Kosovo have given up citizenship from 2009 onward, while in the January-April period 1648 persons have been released, Zeka has said.
The main reason for giving up citizenship, according to the deputy minister, is to obtain the citizenship of any other European Union country, which does not allow for citizens who are not citizens of the European Union.
