Migration vs. Potential Migration: Why do Albanians have a Great Desire to Migrate?

Abstract

Nowadays migration is a much-discussed phenomenon locally, nationally and internationally. Driven by the changes brought by political and military conflicts, the pressures and developments that are taking place in the economy, countries that have become globalized, climate change and the desire for a better life, today more people than ever before are moving and living beyond the borders of the country where they were born. Migration is the process of people moving across the borders of the state where they live to another state and amigrant is an individual who leaves the country where he is living with the intention of settling permanently in another state. Migration continues to be an important issue for many countries in the world, affecting both countries of origin and host countries.

Received: 21 January 2022 / Accepted: 24 March 2022 / Published: 30 March 2022