Albania: NGO calls for Parliamentary Inquiry to investigate exponential number of Albanian children who have applied for asylum outside of the country in the last 10 years

Context:

  • CRCA/ECPAT, a children’s organization found that over 60,000 Albanian children (10% of Albanian minor population) have sought asylum in an EU country throughout the last 10 years
  • No information on children’s current situation, posing “a series of economic, social, security, and political risks both in the short-term and long-term”
  • No official data on how many request were granted or rejected or how many are still waiting

Statistics

  • Eurostat: over 80% of Albanian children seeking asylum under 14 years old
  • 2015: 18,000 children applied for asylum
  • 2020: 1700 children applied for asylum
  • Most preferred place for seeking asylum were France, Belgium and Germany

CRCA/ECPAT:

  • notes that the data is “an alarm bell for our society”, as it highlights the hopeless situation for thousands of children
  • criticizes lack of lack of investment in food, well-being, education, entertainment, and social protection services for children at risk
  • Data underlines the desperate story of thousands of children and parents who think that a way to escape the misery can be found in trafficking, slavery, or exploitation

Urgent call for new government to respond:

  • Request urgent investments in education, food and security for children
  • Questions for inquiry:
    • Where are all these children?
    • Are they alive or dead?
    • Have they been enslaved?
    • Are they attending school in an EU country?
    • Who is responsible for this massive exodus of children?

 

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