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Kosovo citizens had to leave the country as a result of the Kosovo War against Serbians.

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There were Serbians in Kosovo, and mostly Kosovo Albanians living in Kosovo. Serbia as a country supported the Serbs in Kosovo, and wanted to take over the entire country of Kosovo.  Serbia wanted to do a ethnic genocide in Kosovo and have no more Kosovo Albanians living in Kosovo. One big difference between the two is Serbs are Christian, and the Kosovo Albanians are Muslim.  So ethnic Albanians fought Serbs and the government of Yugoslavia in Kosovo because Kosovo wanted freedom.

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Video: Kosovo migrants flee poverty for better life in Europe

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Seven years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, tens of thousands of its citizens - many ethnic Albanians - have fled the country in the hopes of carving out a better life in the European Union.

The town of Palic in northern Serbia is the last stop for many migrants before illegally crossing the border into Hungary, a member of the 28-nation EU.

Between 23,000 to 50,000 Kosovo Albanians have arrived in Palic since December, in what is the largest Balkan migration since the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Each day, hundreds more arrive by bus.

"I arrived today at 11 o'clock. So we are here, and we don't know what's going to happen after this," a 24-year-old migrant from Kosovo told FRANCE 24.

The journey to Hungary begins in Palic's back roads, where migrants set off for the border, just six kilometres away. Those who can afford to pay guides around 200 euros to show them the easiest routes. Others walk to the frontier in large groups. Migrants generally stay in Palic for about two days before attempting to make the crossing.

Poverty and political corruption are two of the main factors that have driven many Kosovars to leave their homes in the hopes of a better life in Europe.

The mass exodus has been a source of growing concern for Kosovo's government. But aside from issuing warnings against entering the EU illegally via Serbia, Kosovo authorities have done little to stem the flow.

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Video: Kosovo migrants flee poverty for better life in Europe

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Seven years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, tens of thousands of its citizens - many ethnic Albanians - have fled the country in the hopes of carving out a better life in the European Union. The town of Palic in northern Serbia is the last stop for many migrants before illegally crossing the border into Hungary, a member of the 28-nation EU.

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In the 1990s Kosovo Albanians were pushed out of there country from the war between the ethnic Serbians and the ethnic Albanians. They fled to save themselves and their families from the genocide the Kosovo Serbians wanted.

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Forced migration is anytime humans thought that they needed to migrate for their safety. The Kosovo Albanians believed they needed to migrate to escape the war and the genocide.

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Because of the war, a lot of Kosovo Albanians had to deport the country and leave quickly for their own safety of their lives.  They could no longer stay in Kosovo to live a normal life.

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Law 1: Every migration flow generates a return or counter migration  

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Law 1: Every migration flow generates a return or counter migration  

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After the war, around 80% of the people living there pre-war did return back to Kosovo.

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Law 2: The majority of migrants move a short distance

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Law 2: The majority of migrants move a short distance

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Emigrants living in Kosovo, moved to neighboring countries because of the war.  They moved to countries such as Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Turkey, Italy, and Montenegro which are all relatively close to Kosovo.

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Law 3: Migrants who move long distance tend to choose big city destinations 

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Law 3: Migrants who move long distance tend to choose big city destinations 

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Majority of the emigrants went to cities in Albania and Turkey because there they were provided with care and resources they needed, which is not something they could have gotten if they had gone to the rural areas.

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Law 4: Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas

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Law 4: Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas

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Majority of Kosovo citizens that emigrated were in rural areas, and were farmers.  They had to emigrate because of the war, but so did Urban residents as well in this case.  War causes all people in different environments to emigrate.

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Law 5: Families are less likely to make international moves than young adults

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Law 5: Families are less likely to make international moves than young adults

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This law does not apply in this case because the war threatened everyone’s lives. Parents and guardians wanted to keep their kids safe, and in order to do that they were very willingly moving to a different country that was safe.

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During the 1990s, Kosovo Albanians immigrated to different countries to flee the war. About 375,000 people immigrated to neighboring Albania, 150,000 moved to Macedonia, and many migrated to other Balkan countries.

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A pull factor is something that is offered to where the people are migrating to that makes them want to leave. In Albania and most some other countries there is the incentive of religious freedom for the Kosovo Albanians who were Muslim making them want to leave a country where the Christian population was more prominent.

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Many of the Kosovo Albanians went to Albania during the war.  Some of them after being in Albania had gone to more periphery countries such as the United States, and Scandinavian countries which tried to provide aid and help settle them into new lives as well.