Esdime-Portugal
The word desertification is commonly used in Portugal to explain both the physical process of land turning into desert and the social process of the abandonment of rural areas. Migration and rural abandonment in Portugal have been mostly perceived as phenomenons caused only by economic and social issues and it was not was not until 1999, with the creation of the National Plan of Combat to Desertification (PANCD), that soil and land desertification started to be considered in the national and regional planning instruments (Louro, 2006).
La Libellula - Italy
With regard to the phenomenon of immigration the Italian reality is very complex, both for the numbers, in relation with a quite short period – thirty years –, both for the high number of different countries from which people arrives in Italy.
StaniPani Kolektiv - Serbia
Our government was forced to sign the protocol about the readmission in order to ease the visa regime with EU and to become closer to so called White Schengen List. This is just the phase that countries around us have already passed (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc.). At least 150.000 emigrants from Germany are expected to be accepted in Serbia. Most of them are Roma people from central Serbia and Kosovo.
Mjaft Movement - Albania
Migration is an integral part the Albanian reality. More then a million
Albanian citizens have immigrated in the past 15 years in neighboring
countries, and their influence is present in political, economic and social
transformations inside Albania.
Komunitas - Romania
After the fall of the communist block in 1989, migration started to shape as a defulation phenomenon, a lot of people living the country in the first 2 years after the revolution. But it was not only until the mid 90’s that abroad tourism and labour migration started to shape as a reality of Romania.
Plagus M - Montenegro
From the beginning of the world up to nowadays one of the main characteristics of human kind is moving and in constant search for better life conditions.