Albania Issues - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

stateless persons: 1,528 (mid-year 2021)

note: 41,804 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2022)

Illicit drugs

active transshipment point for Albanian narco-trafficking organizations moving illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin from Turkey and countries in South America and Asia throughout Europe; significant source country for cannabis production

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.