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Why are there fewer and fewer Albanian immigrants in Greece?

2022-10-28 20:18:37Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA RAIMOND KOLA
Why are there fewer and fewer Albanian immigrants in Greece?
Olive harvest, illustrative photo

According to the latest statistics of the Greek Ministry for Immigration and Asylum, the number of Albanian immigrants living and working legally in Greece continues to decrease.

The official data published by the Greek government for September of this year show that there are 291 thousand 868 Albanian immigrants in Greece with valid residence permits, which make up about 61.4 percent of legal foreigners.

The data of September of this year on the number of Albanians with residence permits show a significantly lower number compared to September of the previous year, when 425,740 citizens of Albania were in Greece with valid residence permits, which constituted about 63 percent of foreigners in this country.

In August of this year, 291,868 Albanian citizens had a valid residence permit in Greece.

The data of the Greek Ministry of Immigration is constantly updated and although immigrants from Albania make up the vast majority of foreigners with residence permits, their number is constantly decreasing.

This is related not only to the process of issuing residence permits that coincide with the requests made by Albanian immigrants during the years 2020-2021, but also to the tendency of many Albanian families to emigrate from Greece to other European countries.

The decrease in the number of Albanian immigrants also affects their involvement in seasonal jobs in Greece, especially in agriculture.

The Greek market is currently in need of labor for the olive and citrus harvest, and farmers' associations in some areas, mainly bordering Albania, have encouraged the withdrawal of seasonal workers from Albania.

Greek associations have aimed to create accommodation conditions for seasonal workers as well as increase payments for a day's work to lure labor from Albania and other Balkan countries.

In some areas, Greek farmers' associations have decided that workers will be paid $45-50 a day, up from $40 a day last year for picking olives.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum in Greece extended until March 31, 2023 the deadline for applications by Greek farmers for third-country seasonal workers, which had ended on September 30, 2022.

According to Greek legislation, the procedure followed for the entry of third-country nationals into Greece for seasonal work provides that the total annual period of stay cannot be less than two months and greater than 6 months.

The offer of the Greek market for seasonal workers from Albania is expected to bring difficulties in harvesting olives and citrus fruits in some of the Albanian border areas, where the lack of workers is being felt.

The departure of young people in emigration and the luring of the labor force from the Greek market is challenging, especially for the District of Vlora and Fier, where the citrus and olive harvest has started./VOA


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