Planes carrying Kosovars, who had illegally migrated to Germany, have begun landing at Pristina airport.
An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people left Kosovo between December 2014 and February this year. Then the deportations from Germany began.
Gafurr Kabashi had been living in Ingolstadt for more than a year and a half, together with his wife and children.
But then his asylum request was rejected. He and his family were flown to Pristina on 17 March.
“I was in Germany for one year and eight months. They were good to us. The conditions were good. But the moment came and they sent us back,” he said.
He would like to go back to Germany, but now lives in his father’s house in a village around 60 kilometres from Pristina.
Twelve people in total live there – only one of whom is employed.
Kabashi and his wife spent 1,700 euros getting to Germany.That included 300 euros for a human trafficker, who helped them cross the border from Serbia into Hungary on foot.
There, they were
