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Albania dispatch: bill requiring medical students to work in Albania after finishing their degrees faces constitutional challenge

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Albania dispatch: bill requiring medical students to work in Albania after finishing their degrees faces constitutional challenge

Emanuel Xhindi | U. Tirana Faculty of Law, AL

November 7, 2023 07:05:34 am

Emanuel Xhindi is a special correspondent for JURIST and a law student in the University of Tirana Faculty of Law in Tirana, Albania. Emigration measures in developing countries are almost always seen through a vague, public-interest lens, but their constitutionality may be dubious. In an effort to stop young doctors from leaving the country to [...]

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