As a result, many Albanian immigrants in Italy do not have a legal status.
Out of an estimated 450,000 Albanian immigrants in Italy in 1998, only some 82,000 were registered with authorities.
In the region today resides a small number post-1991 Albanian immigrants.
Albanian clandestine immigrants started arriving at Italian ports in 1991.
She aided Albanian immigrants and helped support her family in Albania.
Like many children of Albanian immigrants in this country, she has grown up with a fierce attachment to Kosovo.
Only a tiny fraction of Albanian immigrants actually belong to criminal gangs, investigators say, adding that they start by stealing from their own communities.
Albanian immigrants to Greece are usually associated with the Muslim faith, although most are secular in orientation.
Albanian immigrants in New York have been behaving like people in mourning.
In Boston were settled the first wave of Albanian immigrants.