Migration CharacterIstics In Albania And Its Impact On Social Economic Life
Session
Management, Business and Economics
Description
After the collapse of communism, Albanians gained the right to move freely within and outside the country after Parliament passed the basic human rights law in 1991. Thus, the first mass immigration in Albania began (the so-called "embassy migration") as a process where thousands of Albanians began to seek refuge in Western embassies in Tirana in the hope of leaving behind the poverty, and the beginning of a better life in the more developed neighboring countries. Below we briefly describe trends in years of emigration since 1990, chronologically: this period was characterized by an economic growth. Figures show that around 400,000 migrants have had Greece as their main destination during the mid-1990s.
Keywords:
international migration, internal population movements, Immigrants split-off, remittances, employment, employment informal, informality
Session Chair
Edmond Hajrizi
Session Co-Chair
Armend Muja
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 9:00 AM
End Date
28-10-2017 10:30 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.263
Recommended Citation
Sinaj, Zamira; Vela, Fioralba; and Brokaj, Rezarta, "Migration CharacterIstics In Albania And Its Impact On Social Economic Life" (2017). UBT International Conference. 263.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/263
Migration CharacterIstics In Albania And Its Impact On Social Economic Life
Durres, Albania
After the collapse of communism, Albanians gained the right to move freely within and outside the country after Parliament passed the basic human rights law in 1991. Thus, the first mass immigration in Albania began (the so-called "embassy migration") as a process where thousands of Albanians began to seek refuge in Western embassies in Tirana in the hope of leaving behind the poverty, and the beginning of a better life in the more developed neighboring countries. Below we briefly describe trends in years of emigration since 1990, chronologically: this period was characterized by an economic growth. Figures show that around 400,000 migrants have had Greece as their main destination during the mid-1990s.