Albanians in Belgium

[1][2] On August 1, 1956, the train carrying 700 refugees from southeastern European communist countries arrived at the Seille station in Namur province.

The emigrants came mainly from northern Albania, were relatively educated and opposed the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha seeking freedom.

[2] In v. 1968 Skanderbeg Monument was built in Schaerbeek, with money collected from Albanian Diaspora in Belgium and America.

Hundreds of thousands of Albanians, disconnected from the world for 45 years, fleeing poverty in Albania, rush especially to Italy and Greece, but also to Belgium.

Therefore, it is generally difficult to give an exact number of ethnic Albanian people in a Western European country.