Rural Albanians abandon the countryside in search of work

Bar Beshiroski in Shishtavec, Albania, has been open since 1936. In the past year a wave of people have left villages like Shishtavec looking for work in the European Union but many are sent back to Albania as Germany has labeled it a "safe" country.

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Bar Beshiroski in Shishtavec, Albania, has been open since 1936. In the past year a wave of people have left villages like Shishtavec looking for work in the European Union but many are sent back to Albania as Germany has labeled it a "safe" country.