19 euro day for asylum seekers, Syrians, Iraqis plan to live in Kosovo

Trying to go to European Union states for a better life many asylum seekers this year have ended up in Kosovo.

Because of the poor situation in Syria, Isam Knorr Abohalab, 24, has been forced to leave the country where he was born and where he had to leave other family behind. With the aim of ending up in a state with a more developed and far-off war economy, he as many others has ended up in Kosovo.

Abohalab, who speaks English very well from others, has said that by training he is an engineer and that because of the war in Syria he has no intention of returning there. He has shown that he and his brother are already in Kosovo for six months, and is very pleased with the expectations and conditions he is being offered. I'm an engineer and I come from Syria. Because of the war, the economy and the bad situation I don't want to go back to Syria. I have been in Kosovo for six months along with my brother”, he has said.

Life in Kosovo Abohalab is really enjoying it, so it is also planning to start a new life here. He has said Kosovars are very good people and that he wants to seek permanent asylum in Kosovo. Kosovo is better than in other states. People here are very good. I love this country because it's a very good place to stay. I'm planning to start a new life here”, he's got a point.

Other asylum seekers Carrar Rahi Alzayadi is also enjoying Kosovo very much. Rahi Alzayadi, who comes from Iraq, has shown that he has been in Kosovo for two months and that he also plans to start a new life here, despite any close members of his family. I am alone in Kosovo and have been in Kosovo for two months. I'm happy here, I like Kosovo very much, as well as I'm happy with the conditions at this 34x1> camp, he said.

Rahi Alzayadi has expressed a strong desire to learn Albanian in order to engage in music and become involved in Kosovo society. I want to learn Albanian, go to college and play music. I also want to get involved in this community and continue my life in Kosovo”, he said.

They want Kosovo, but they tell you how they ended up here

I've come to Kosovo, because I like this state”, that's why some of the asylum seekers at the Magure camp gave it when asked why they left their country. Refusing to show what has prompted them to leave their home country and leave their families behind, they are expressing their satisfaction with the expectation they have been made in Kosovo.

38-year-old Mohammed Alggalibi, from Iraq, has told “Zen” that people in Kosovo are mostly Muslims and are very good people. He has thanked the camp director and all other people for the conditions they have offered him, until he has also expressed optimism that he will start a new life here in Kosovo. I'm 38-year-old and I'm from Iraq. I've been here for two months and I thank Kosovo for respect. We thank the camp director and the people who are very kind to me as well as Muslims. I am very pleased with the conditions here”, he is expressed.

A asylum seekers cost the country's budget 19 euros a day.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has made it known to the paper that 210 asylum seekers are currently in Kosovo. According to the MPB, a Kosovo budget asylum seeker costs about $19 a day, including food expenses, toilet packets, clothing, medicine and other costs such as water spending, electricity, physical security, generator, cars, central heating, etc.

Only at the Centre for Asylum in Magure, Lipjan, are 86 asylum seekers, while about 17 persons who are in international protection are said to be at the Centre for Asylum in Vranidol.

The director of the Asylum Centre in Magure, Fitim Zariqi, has said that mainly asylum seekers come from Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan. He has said that since January there have been about 2 thousand asylum requests, until it has shown that most asylum seekers exploit Kosovo to move towards the states of the European Union. “essentially they come from East countries, they go: Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Morocco, then Baghdad, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia and other countries. From January until now, we have had 1,000 and 934 asylum requests”, he has said.

According to him, over 30 percent of asylum seekers in Kosovo are 30 years old, over 80 percent are male, and over 97 percent are of Islamic faith. And over 95 percent are said to have illegally entered Kosovo.

Unable for education and employment, asylum seekers want to live in Kosovo

The director of the Centre, Fitim Zariqi, has indicated that in addition to accommodation of food, asylum seekers are able to go to language courses or other courses, and then to work. He has said that if asylum seekers are recognised for asylum, then their accommodation is done outside this camp. The Centre for Asylum Researchers can stay until they make a decision about whether asylum will be recognised or denied. If rejected, they are given a voluntary deadline to release Kosovo's territory within 30 days. If he makes a positive decision, then there is a department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs that deals with their integration and accommodation outside this centre. We have some who say they want to stay in Kosovo and gain asylum”, he stressed.

He has shown further the way a person can present asylum demands in Kosovo. “A person can file for asylum at the border, at a police station or at the Center for Asia. One's fingerprints are taken, the photograph is taken, and the initial form for asylum is filled. Then the subject is forwarded to the Asian Division. There are specialised officials who handle concrete cases and consider asylum applications and make decisions about asylum demands. They interview asylum seekers and, after the interviews, make decisions depending on the evidence”, he added.