Reagon Haradinaj: Do not manipulate visa application numbers, harm liberalisation

“in some media are being provided inaccurate data regarding the migration of Kosovo's population, mainly our youth. Recent real migration statistics show that Kosovo does not pose a threat to migration, marking the smallest trend of years with only 3515 cases of migration demand in 2018, compared to 2015, when 67,545 people had migrated. And in 2018, 727 Kosovo citizens have voluntarily returned. This clearly shows a high decline in migration and that Kosovo citizens respect the basic principles of free movement”, Haradinaj writes on Facebook.

He has written that incorrect data, with or without purpose, and manipulation with visa application figures, which in most cases are tourist, official and working visas, and visits and family unions that citizens apply simultaneously to several embassies and the same several times within the year, seriously damage the visa liberalisation process.