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The new wave of Albanian immigration, Germany second in Europe for residence permits

2024-09-26 09:59:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The new wave of Albanian immigration, Germany second in Europe for residence

The departure of Albanians from their country started in the 90s. The main destinations were Italy and Greece, where those who fled their country were looking for a job and a better life. The challenge was accepting and securing residence permits in these countries, where most could not provide documents to integrate in the countries they had fled to.

It was 2008 when, for the first time, Italy granted 63 thousand residence permits to Albanian citizens, while Greece, 30 thousand. From other countries, the number of permits was minimal, e.g. France gave that year 404 and Germany, 461.

After the 2008-2009 period, residence permits issued by these two countries fell, reflecting curbs on immigration. But the new wave of immigration that swept the country after 2016 is showing a much wider geography.

While Italy continues to maintain the lead, with around 30 thousand permits per year, for the first time since 2020, Germany has passed as the second country in terms of the number of permits it gives to Albanian citizens. In 2022, this state gave the highest level of permits of almost 16 thousand, while in 2023, about 15 thousand permits.

Greece in 2023 gave 12.6 thousand permits. Croatia ranks fourth (1,800), followed by Belgium (1,240) and Malta with around 1,200.

Germany, Croatia and Malta, employment destinations

While in Greece and Italy, the main reason for family leave remains, Germany, Croatia and Malta are proving attractive for employment.

In 2023, Germany granted almost 5 thousand residence permits for the first time to Albanian citizens (out of 14.8 thousand permits in total). Doctors, nurses, IT specialists and others are leaving their jobs in Albania and immigrating with regular contracts to Germany. The latter has granted 10,000 residence permits for employment reasons in just 2 years (2022-2023).

Two other destinations that are proving attractive for Albanian employees are Croatia and Malta. Since 2019, Croatia has issued an average of about 2,000 new residence permits for employment reasons to Albanian citizens. Sources from the market claim that they work mainly in construction, due to the good wages, or in tourism during the season.

Malta is the other country that is attracting Albanians to work, mainly in construction and tourism. In 2022 Malta issued over 1,800 permits, while in 2023 their number fell to almost a thousand.

Almost all permits issued by Croatia and Malta are for employment reasons.

The new wave of immigration increased residence permits again

In 2023, about 75,000 residence permits were granted to Albanian citizens from EU countries. A year ago, 79,200 residence permits were granted for the first time, according to Eurostat.

These are the highest levels since 2010, indicating an acceleration in immigration rates after the pandemic.

In 2022-2023, a total of 154,000 residence permits were granted for the first time. Since a large part of the refugees have work contracts, especially in countries like Germany, the granting of permits is faster than before, when Albanian citizens entered EU countries without documents.

Since 2008, when Eurostat reports the data, about 920 thousand Albanian citizens have received residence permits for the first time./ MONITOR

 


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