26 minutes agoExpressing that visa liberalisation “will empty” Kosovo
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(3 years ago)Data released at the table organised by the Statistics Agency of Kosovo (ASK) and by the Population and Development Programme (UNFPA) have shown that 56,283 births in Kosovo in 1986, while in 2019 this figure has dropped to 25.794. E Visual Mujku-Niman, head of the Fund's Kosovo Office for [...]
The population in Kosovo for years has been in contraction, the data of the Kosovo Statistics Agency (ASK), presented at the table organised on Thursday with the theme: “The reduction of fertility in Kosovo: What's going on and what can we do?
Data released at the table organised by the ASS and Population and Development Programme (UNFPA) have shown that in 1986 there were 56,283 births in Kosovo, while in 2019 this figure has dropped to 25.794. According to these reports, the decline has been recorded in the death toll from 20,311 in 1999 to 14,845 in 2019.
Ilir Berisha, task leader of the AKS chief, has said that declining birthrate is related to migration. He has said that the decline of nightiness is a phenomenon affecting other countries in the region and beyond, but has added that these states have over time undertaken the necessary measures.
“Our statistics tell us that we have a birth drop in Kosovo, this relates to fertility and migration. We believe that we will get better equipped for this phenomenon from this discussion. This phenomenon is present throughout the region, and wider, countries in the region have taken their steps over time. Unless births are declining, even migration is on the rise”, Berisha has declared.
The Czech Mijku-Niman, leader of the United Nations Population Fund in Kosovo, has called for urgent policy change, while warning of the risk of leaving half the youth from Kosovo, following visa liberalisation from January 1st 2024.
The “Brengue of all is what's going to happen, because the population is shrinking. The orientation is what other states that have been affected are doing, what measures must be taken and which of them have succeeded. States that have faced this problem have proven and made changes in politics, such as education, leave off, parental rest. We like Kosovo are now expecting much what will happen to visa liberalisation, which will have large youth migration, Kosovo” will be empty, Mujku-Nimani has said.
Avni Kastrati, from ASS, has said during discussions that the fertility rate during 2020 has scored 1.7 compared to 6.4 in 1960. This, according to him, represents an indication that the population in Kosovo is declining. Meanwhile, University of Pristina professor (UP) Mimoza Dusi has stressed that although Kosovo has previously had the highest birth rate compared to other countries in the region, the current drop in numbers is migration reflection.
“From 1948 to 2011, in terms of the number of births in these periods, Kosovo has had birth increases compared to countries in the region. The overall fertility rate during 2013;022 in Kosovo is 2.1, which is the highest rate compared to countries in the region. There are other sources showing that the fertility rate in Kosovo has marked decline. In Kosovo, the main cause of population reduction is migration, not fertility”, Dashi has declared.
And Sevdie Spahiu, from the National Public Health Institute (IKSHPK), has said that the other problem reflected in numbers is that young people are not being educated in sexual and reproductive health.
<x) What's important, we like the Institute should work as hard as possible with young people as it comes to sexual and reproductive health. We hold high school training. What's dangerous is unwanted pregnancy, so it has to work with young people, because these are taboo themes in our families”, she pointed out.
