Kosovo

Number of people served: 308 

Kosovo has experienced displacement of its own people and is still recovering from war and unrest in its recent past.

Some asylum seekers do apply in Kosovo, but many are only in transit to another destination in Europe. It is challenging for asylum seekers to integrate in Kosovo, as jobs are scarce and little social assistance is available.

Our work in Kosovo

Even though Kosovo is seen as a transit country, the number of asylum seekers is increasing significantly year by year. This is why during 2020 two new asylum seekers centers were open bringing the number to 3 Reception Centers in all Kosovo. 

JRS Kosovo works in all 3 Reception Centers:  

  1. Magure Center (located in Lipjan, 20 km from Pristine)
  2. Vranidoll Center (10 km from Pristine)
  3. Belvedere Center (located in Mitrovica, 40 km from Pristine). 

The main activities we offer are Albanian language courses, computer courses, psychosocial support, medical support, providing food items, and hygienic supplies. 

JRS Kosovo is the only organization present every day in the centers accompanying asylum seekers in their daily challenges, finding out the needs and together with them finding the solutions for each asylum seeker.   

Education
A teacher supports refugee students in Athens, Greece
Education
Health Care
An immigrant sits on a window ledge while talking on the telephone at the detention centre in Safi, Malta.
Health Care
Advocacy
Advocacy
Psychosocial Support
JRS Ethiopia: Somali refugees perform traditional dances in the Dollo Ado camp, Ethiopia
Psychosocial Support
Emergency Assistance
The Adi Harush camp is not equipped to handle the new number of refugees, and there is enormous pressure on the provision of shelter, water, latrines, food rations, and non-food items.
Emergency Assistance

See our work

Albanian Language Course with Asylum Seekers.
Asylum seekers children wearing new winter clothes provided by JRS Kosovo.
Activity with children.
Social activity with asylum seekers.

Contact

JRS Kosovo Country Manager  

Orjana Shabani 

E-mail: orjana.shabani@jrs.net 

Contact: +383 45 978 111 

 

 

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