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Albanian migrants are now both amongst the most objectively integrated and the most stigmatised of all (non-EU) migrant groups in Italy and Greece. Indicators for assimilation include good knowledge of local languages, high rates of intermarriage (in Italy), balanced gender composition, large numbers of children of Albanian origin in the education system, geographical dispersion in the context of emigration, high levels of informal social contact with host populations and propensity to want to stay abroad and not return to Albania. On the other hand, high levels of stereotyping with Albanian immigrants depicted as criminals, prostitutes, rough, uncivilised people etc have been fostered largely by media discourses, building on political statements about the need for immigration control and, for Italy and Greece, to create a positive European identity for themselves in the face of pressures from the EU over Schengen borders and economic issues.
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Is there an Albanian question?
Chaillot Paper - n°107, February 2008
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