Kosovo civil society groups have warned against the return of 14,000 Kosovo refugees from Germany. From them, about 10,000 are Roma minority members who have been in Germany since the end of the war in 1999 and face unemployment and deep poverty in Kosovo, where the situation is already precarious due to an economy that is recovering from war and decades of neglect.

However, German authorities cite the improved security situation as a good enough reason for the forced return of refugees.

In Kosovo, the first returnees have found a chaotic situation with many of them going missing after landing in Kosovo. The Republic of Kosovo Ministry of Labor and Returnees cannot say what happened to most of those returned, and the potential hotel accommodation it has available for a week for returnees is not being used.