Experts say: Every youth leaving Albania causes 150,000 euros a year in losses

Every youth leaving Albania generates 150,000 euros a year in losses in the country. The alert was given by economic expert Teuta Nunaj, which refers to international data. According to her from estimates for 2018, migration has cost Albania 330m euros to 504m euros in costs, ranging from their number and educational level.

The “is some non-official data on how it costs Albania either to evacuate an individual or to refer to international data such as “Wester Foundation”, which has estimated that for the year 2018 the cost of Albanian migration is from 330-504m euros, depending on the number of immigrants and their educational level. Problem is the fact of the future, of the loss these cause the consumption of the Albanian economy that affects PPB, and it increases costs and it's estimated that each outgoing individual generates 15 thousand euros a year in consumption”.

For immigration expert Ilir Gedesh, the issue of migration is a national issue, while stressing that its characteristic is brain drain. “Emigration affects businesses if the unemployed used to leave now business does not find a labour force. It's emigration that's taking the characteristics of a “brain drive”. They inhabit people with high and middle education. 40% “brain drain” and 30% with middle professional education, and this has impact on political and social life. No Western Balkan country has these flows of”.

For sociologist Guzim Tushe, the main causes are the quality of services in the country's appeal to Western countries that move rapidly, and in us the quality of services leaves to be desired. According to him, the government should not view immigration as an individual right.

“are internal and external causes, the external ones have more anthraction of the West, which their trend moves at high speeds as quality services, education health. Internal factors such as unemployment, the level of criminality, quality of services leave to wish, and these influence that people think the road is on the run. Migration is justified either in a state of war, or natural disaster, now we have individual immigration. The government must find the causes to demotivate immigration and not see it as individual rights. The causes, the pace of reforms is very slow, quality of services should be improved. Emigration is creating aging of the population”.

For expert Nunaj, another factor in growing immigration is increasing remittances. The remission rate was mainly due to the crisis period that has passed countries of origin such as Greece and Italy, while in 2021, according to the BSH remittances have increased and been at the highest level since 2019, after 761m euros. This turns out immigration is even younger”. /A2Conn