This report is one of the most complete review of Albanian migration to date. Moreover, the paper is not limited to the post-1990 international migration: Vullnetari also examines the lesser-known early history of Albanian emigration, and she tells the story of the large-scale internal migrations that have characterised the past 17 years. In this way she weaves together a sophisticated analysis of historical (dis)continuities, interrelations between internal and international migration, and their combined links with Albanian development.

This State-of-the-Art report on Albanian migration is the first product of the ‘Targeted Third Countries’ (TTC) initiative, financed by the European Commission, as a special twinning link between the IMISCOE Network of Excellence and the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Tirana, which thereby becomes a full member of the Network. The TTC initiative has a dedicated budget to support research development and training activities in Albania and adjacent countries of the Western Balkans in the field of migration. The research and training programme extends for two years until 31 March 2009.

This title is published within the IMISCOE publication programme as part of the Working Papers. These Working Papers are the products of ongoing work by IMISCOE members that are not (yet) ready for publication within the IMISCOE-AUP Book series. They may range from State of the Art Reports (SoAR) on worldwide research within a particular domain to more specific products of ongoing work.

The IMISCOE Working Papers are part of IMISCOE which is an EU funded Network of Excellence in the Sixth Framework Programme (1 April 2004- 31 March 2010).

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Julie Vullnetari

research

Urban Policy

Social inclusion & integration