Albanians make up second biggest group to gain EU citizenships in 2017

TIRANA, Mar. 7 – During 2017, 58,900 Albanians were granted EU citizenship, 97 percent of which coming from Greece or Italy, according to statistics published on Wednesday by Eurostat. Although the number of acquired citizenships did fall from the year before by 13 percent, the year which marked a record number of 67,500 citizenships granted, Albanians still make up the second biggest group in terms of acquired citizenships, coming after Moroccans. During 2017, 67,900 Moroccans were granted citizenship, 83 percent of which in France, Spain or Italy. In total, according to Eurostat, in 2017, about 825,000 people were granted citizenship…