Viktor Merkuri

Far Fewer Albanians Seek Asylum in Germany

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 01/13/2017 - 07:43

Germany said only 17,236 asylum seekers from Albania arrived in the country 2016, a sharp drop of more than 34,000 on the previous year, when over 50,000 arrived.

Viktor Merkuri, from the European University of Tirana, told BIRN on Thursday that Germany had successfully discouraged Albanians from seeking asylum by implementing tough repatriation policies.