21 minutes agoMigrating: From 2020 to 2022, Germany was added to 99,000 people originally from Kosovo
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)According to a report entitled“Migration and Economic Development in Western Balkan countries: Evidence from Kosovo”, Kosovo continues to be on migration growth trend because the labour market is unable to absorb the high number of job seekers. In this context, Germany turns out to be the largest absorptionist of Kosovars [...]
The report, based on data from Germany's Federal Statistics Office for the period from 2010 to 2022, offers a frightening <x0panama” on the rise in the number of Kosovo-based citizens living in Germany and their immigration reasons.
The report stresses that the number of citizens of origin from Kosovo to Germany has almost doubled in 2010-22.
291,000 was the number of Kosovo-born citizens living in Germany in 2010. Only 12 years later, this figure has reached 542 thousand. This represents a sharp increase of 86 percent over just over a decade.
As for gender division, report data shows that men are more numerous than women. Of the 542 thousand, 289 thousand (53 percent) are men, while 254 thousand (47 percent) are women.
The report stresses that more than most of them were born in Kosovo. This trend has been on the rise since 2010, but has been highlighted even more from 2021 to 2022.
Regarding the age group, the report notes that 2022 data show that most immigrants from Kosovo belong to the age group 25 to 45. Much of it is even under the age of 15.
As far as education is concerned, the report shows that 281,000 people from Kosovo's immigrants have a high school degree, while 87 thousand have failed to reach this level of education.
The reasons for migration differ between men and women. For men, employment is the main reason for migration, while women mostly emigrated because of the family union, the data processed by GAP is said.
In 2022, 55 thousand men claimed that employment was the main reason for their migration, while 68 thousand women emigrated for family reunion, according to the report.
Comparisons With Region Countries
According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development titled “The Hand of Work Force in the Western Balkans: Model mapping, addressing challenges and gathering of benefits”, compared to other Western Balkan countries like Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Serbia, migrants from Kosovo and Albania have lower education.
According to the OSCED report, Albania has the highest rate of migration by 28%, followed by Kosovo (22%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (20%) and North Macedonia (18%).
The migration rate from Serbia and Montenegro is slightly lower, but still significant -- 10% and 9%, respectively.
