Persons with refugee status in the Republic of Albania (1994-2010)

Refugees are those individuals who have applied and received refugee status in the territory of a certain state. Applications for asylum and refugee status are defined in the Convention and Protocols recognized internationally by member countries of the United Nations.

Open Date Albania researched on the number of foreign nationals who have applied and  have gained refugee status in the Republic of Albania. In this research are not include individuals who have not applied or have not granted that status.. Also excluded foreign nationals who are granted the right to asylum in the Republic of Albania.

^{Source: World Bank
Comments and analysis: ODA}

As  we can see from the table, the Albanian Republic  has consistently hosted foreign refugees. Years with the highest number of refugees in the Republic of Albania are respectively 1996 with 4925 and 1998 with 22,332 individuals. These years coincide with the flows of citizens from Kosovo because of the ethnic discrimination and the situation created by the military conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.