Young people leaving Kosovo: We're leaving unemployment and losing hope

Croatia's visa application centre door in Pristina on Wednesday is blocked by the large number of Kosovars, most of them young. This is the view that takes the way to the city's “Vulani” neighbourhood, where many young people from all over the country, almost every day, from [...]
This is the view that takes the way to the capital's “neighbourhood, where many young people from around the country, almost every day from Monday to Friday, come and wait in long lines and for hours to apply for work visas, KTV reports.
These long waits well indicate the growth of the Kosovo youth escape trend.
Those applying for visas say that job shortages and loss of hope are the main reasons they are pushing them to abandon their homeland to seek a better life.
This location applies to several states, mainly Scandinavian states, but Croatia is the state for which younger people have expressed greater interest in going and working, due to easier procedures.
Kosovo is also running out of qualified quartadro.
But, despite that, days earlier, Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj had denied that young people are leaving Kosovo.
While the Speaker of the Parliament, Kadri Wessel, has asked young people not to abandon their country.
Kosovo is the only state in the Western Balkans that still cannot move without visas, as many citizens continue to be equipped with German working visas.












