Emigration from Kosovo

Emigration has taken place in separate waves motivated mainly by economic reasons, but also as a result of the Kosovo War.

[6] The largest numbers of Kosovan emigrants are found in Germany (2022: 542,000),[7] Switzerland,[citation needed] the U.S. and Scandinavia, making almost 800,000 Kosovar-Albanians living abroad.

After the creation of UNMIK, Kosovars were able to travel using specially created documents, while in 2009 the Republic of Kosovo began issuing passports.

The objective of the conferences is to promote investment and inform the Kosovan diaspora of facilities for doing business, and reforms that have been implemented in Kosovo.

According to official statistics, Kosovo benefits from 450 - 500 million euros in annual revenues as a result of the diaspora.

The Forum for Democratic Initiatives also found: Report based on the results of a survey lasted a year collaborating with the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and commissioned by the Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC).

However, compared with diaspora investment expectations remain low, this is due to the focus on integration rather than on the financial support of Kosovo.

But we should be aware that the Kosovars abroad consider the labour force with low education so works that are done from them are like building construction, public service etc.

Regarding the survey, the first preference for people of Kosovar nationality for emigration is Germany, on the list are Switzerland and the U.S. (both 34%), UK (29%), France (18.2%), Italy (16.4%) and Sweden (15.2%).

Favourite places to Kosovo Serbs: Serbia (29.7%) and Switzerland (21.6%), USA, Norway, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Montenegro with a score between 4 and 6%.

The main reasons for emigration 52.5% of respondents emphasize unemployment in Kosovo, 25.7% a chance to increase income and 9.7% better career and growth opportunities.

Every citizen of Kosovo has the right to vote and be chosen without any discrimination based on race, ethnic community, colour, gender, language, religion or political opinion, education, social affiliation or any other criteria.