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Rural Albanians abandon the countryside in search of work

An elderly woman dries medicinal plants in Shishtavec, Albania. Everyone in the home has left to Germany except her, who has stayed behind alone. In the past year a wave of people have left villages in her region, looking for work in the European Union but many are sent back to Albania.

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Elie Gardner
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An elderly woman dries medicinal plants in Shishtavec, Albania. Everyone in the home has left to Germany except her, who has stayed behind alone. In the past year a wave of people have left villages in her region, looking for work in the European Union but many are sent back to Albania.