Kosovo sees mass exodus of workers

Kosovo is experiencing a dramatic surge in the number of its citizens leaving to find work abroad.

Kosovo experiencing mass exodus of workersKosovo experiencing mass exodus of workers

Kosovo experiencing mass exodus of workers

Kosovo is experiencing a dramatic surge in the number of its citizens leaving to find work abroad.

It's estimated around a thousand people a day are crossing the border, many of them travelling via Serbia to Hungary and then on to other parts of the European Union.

Sacha Payne asked Central Europe Correspondent Kerry Skyring why so many people are leaving.

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