Albania Issues - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

none identified

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 47,247 (Ukraine) (as of 30 January 2024)

stateless persons: 1,948 (2022)

note: 47,306 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-February 2024)

Illicit drugs

a source country for cannabis and an active transshipment point for Albanian narco-trafficking organizations moving illicit drugs into European markets

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.