Croatia needs thousands of immigrants, daily says.
 

(Op-ed: Is that so? How come that Croatian Diaspora is not aware of it? NB)

04.02.2006

Croatia needs 15,000 immigrants annually to preserve the present number of its population and the government is working hard on its plans to attract citizens of Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgarian newspaper Sega reports. The front page article entitled "Croatia Seeks Immigrants from Bulgaria" says that immigrants Croatia is interested in, should be aged below 40 and be well educated, referring to Yakov Gelo, member of the Croatian government’s Demographic Policy Council. The average salary in the country is 700 dollars, the newspaper adds.
Source: AXIS INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS (AIA)

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