https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz en-us 2019-10-08 11:56:02 UTC 2023-10-14 08:34:53 UTC hello@padlet.com ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395523752 Kosovans emigrating to escape the war. ]]> 2019-10-09 11:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395523752 https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395524944 Due to the poor economic state of Kosovo, the Kosovo War, and several wars prior, substancial numbers of Kosovo citizens immigrated to neighboring countries in addition to other countries in Western Europe. ]]> 2019-10-09 11:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395524944 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395534418 President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević planned on forming a larger Serbian state that would envelop the Serbian parts of Bosnia, Croatia, and the whole of Kosovo. As a part of this plan,  Milošević had the non Serbian populations located in the area he wanted to unite forcibly migrated.]]> 2019-10-09 12:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395534418 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395536443 The places outside of Kosovo that the Kosovo emigrants were drawn to were in better economic standing and were not at war. These factors served as reasons to pull Kosovo emigrants towards these countries.]]> 2019-10-09 12:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395536443 ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395536659 Many people were inclined to leave Kosovo during the 1990s due to the poor economy and the dangers of the war with Serbia. People were witnessing their family members die at the hands of the war, and in order to remain safe, many people decided that the best option was to go to another country. ]]> 2019-10-09 12:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395536659 ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395596185 People of Kosovo immigrated to neighboring countries in order to escape the dangerous state of their own. ]]> 2019-10-09 13:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395596185 ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395601447 As the emigrants from Kosovo traveled further from their homes, the impact of the war and failing economy decreased greatly, making their journey to neighboring countries successful. ]]> 2019-10-09 14:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395601447 ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395602346 Following the war with Serbia, Kosovo’s people would have felt safer at home and therefore happily returned to their previous lives in Kosovo. ]]> 2019-10-09 14:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395602346 ecriss https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395603172 The emigrants from Kosovo fled to neighboring countries. They did not move all the way across the world, they instead moved to the closest country that wasn’t their own as possible to escape the tragedies and dangers of the war. ]]> 2019-10-09 14:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395603172 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395862253 A major reason behind Kosovo emigration was lack of available work. As there were few jobs available, many emigrated to where they could get a job.]]> 2019-10-09 20:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395862253 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395864827 Much of the Kosovo emigrants went to cities, especially those in Western Europe. ]]> 2019-10-09 21:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395864827 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395866687 The young adults of a population are far more likely to migrate than the older and families are to. In the case of Kosovo, this held true, but large numbers of families and older people did migrate because of the conflict at the time. To this day, 50% of Kosovo youth say they would emigrate if they could.]]> 2019-10-09 21:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395866687 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395869818 Although the job quality and availability in Kosovo is and was poor, it was better in urban areas than in rural ones. Because of this fact, rural people had more reason to migrate than the urban people.]]> 2019-10-09 21:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395869818 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395873214 2019-10-09 21:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395873214 mweaber https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395875132 Due to the lack of jobs in Kosovo, many were forced to travel great distances, including out of the country, in order to sustain themselves and their family.]]> 2019-10-09 21:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mweaber/f7xdo39ir7fz/wish/395875132