Rural Albanians abandon the countryside in search of work

Badi Tafaj, 20, and her brother Besat Tafaj, 14, at their family's home in the village of Novosej. In the past year a wave of people have left villages like Novosej 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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Badi Tafaj, 20, and her brother Besat Tafaj, 14, at their family's home in the village of Novosej. In the past year a wave of people have left villages like Novosej looking for work in the European Union but many are sent back to Albania as Germany has labeled it a "safe" country.