This study examines the migration of skilled professionals from North Macedonia to Slovenia, focusing on motivations, integration challenges, and socio-economic impacts. Using qualitative interviews and theoretical frameworks like Lee’s Push-Pull Theory, the research identifies economic opportunities and political stability in Slovenia as key drivers, while highlighting barriers such as language, cultural adaptation, and bureaucracy. The findings show that highly skilled professionals from North Macedonia move to Slovenia mainly due to economic reasons. Main challenge in the integration process is the language, with big differences in migration experiences between those migrants who have high proficiency of Slovenian language and those with basic-to-no knowledge. The findings also point out to differences between gender, mainly showing that women care more about emotional and sentimental challenges that the migration brings, whereas men care more about stability, financial freedom and overall social comfort. The work points out to the need for targeted policies to support integration in Slovenia by advocating for more promotion of policies for integration such as language courses. The master thesis advocates for international cooperation between the two countries and future research on migration’s long-term impacts, aiming to inform inclusive, sustainable migration framew.
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