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Eurostat: After the Ukrainians, the second Albanians to be refused entry to an EU country

2023-05-05 18:47:00, Aktualitet CNA

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Albanians lead the list of citizens who returned to another country after an order to leave the territory of a certain European Union country during 2022.

According to the report of the European Statistics Agency, Eurostat, published on Friday, around 9,950 Albanians have returned to another country after being ordered to leave a European Union country.

The list is followed by Georgian citizens with about 8040 people and Syrian citizens with about 5590 people.

Albanian citizens with removal orders have been found to be living illegally in one of the EU countries, where during 2022 about 1.08 million people were found to be living illegally.

Albanian citizens have been traveling without visas in the European Union since December 2010, but in cases of discovery "as illegal" by the authorities of a European Union country, they have violated the three-month stay period in the countries of the Schengen area or have performed actions outside the program of visa for tourist purposes.

According to reports on migration in the countries of the European Union, the activities of persons from the countries of the Western Balkans, including Albania, which are of concern are mainly related to employment, employment or self-employment, at a time when the conditions for short-term visits are not allow such a thing. Another aspect, related to this, has to do with criminal offenses that may involve short-term visitors.

According to Eurostat, the number of non-member citizens of the European Union, ordered to leave a member state of the European Union, was 422,400, but about 96,795 citizens from countries outside the European Union, with whom the Albanian shetas, returned to another country after eviction orders during 2022.

According to the report, France has the highest number of returned citizens, about 14,240, followed by Germany with about 13,130 people and Sweden with about 10,490 people.

Meanwhile, Albanian shetas ranked second in the list of refusal to enter a European Union country during 2022.

According to Eurostat, about 15,630 Albanian citizens have been refused entry, while the list is headed by Ukrainian citizens with 28,890 people and in third place in terms of refusal of entry to the European Union are Russian citizens with 10,860 people.

In 2022, about 141,060 citizens from countries outside the European Union, Eurostat reports, were refused entry into the European Union.

The highest number of entry refusals according to Eurostat was reported by Poland with 23,330 people, followed by Hungary with 15,780 people, Croatia with 11,800 people and Ireland with 9,240 people./VOA