48.000 Albanians became Italian and Greek citizens in one year

22/04/2017 00:00

According to Eurostat, Albanians are among the nationalities receiving most EU citizenships this year.

The European Agency of Statistics said that 980.000 persons have become EU citizens in 2013; 890.000 in 2014; 840.000 in 2015, and it keeps getting lower.

In five years, according to Eurostat, more than 5 million people have become citizens, with Moroccans toping the list with 86.100.

Albanians come second, with 48.400, 96% of whom have received citizenship in Greece and Italy. Albanians have left behind the Turkish, who mostly receive German citizenship, the Paki receive mostly British, the Algerian receive French citizenship.

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