3 hours ago76% of young people want to leave Kosovo, according to Croatian Anatolian portal
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Thousands of young people want to leave Kosovo and the German Embassy in Pristina has accepted almost 200,000 visa applications in the past four months, wrote the Croatian portal Web, which deals with analysis of global crises and their impact in the region . Geopolica News. If the trend continues, one e [...]
According to recent data available, 76 percent of young people between the ages of 16 and 25 and 53 percent of those between 26 and 60 want to leave Kosovo, writes Slovenian medium Regional Obala, citing the Croatian portal.
The German Embassy in Pristina has accepted 199,783 visa applications in the past four months. 11 per cent of Kosovo's population has applied for German visas from the beginning of December until the end of March. In March, the embassy has accepted 48,044 applications, while in February only 2,000 less. The German Embassy issues 500 to 800 visas a month, or about 5,500 a year.
Embassys of other countries in Pristina accept much less applications. From November to January last year for Swiss visas have applied 8737 Kosovo citizens, while 1944 applications have been accepted at the Croatian Embassy from November to March.
Sociologists point to a disturbing tendency, citing the economic situation and the desire for better education as the main reasons for leaving the country.
Kosovo has a population of about 1.8 million and is one of the least developed countries in the Western Balkans.
