Most respondents found out about the opportunity to leave Kosovo from the media(77%), which suggests that most of them decided to leave after the massive outflow has already been reported, whereas 23% who probably took the decision to leave earlier, found out about this opportunity from friends and family. Nine percent refused to respond. Seventy-two percent of respondents refused to tell about the type of information they received. This suggests mistrust and fear of repercussions, and awareness that their action of immigration is illegal. Other respondents(26%) said that the type of information they received was about the itinerary of buses and the cost of travel. Emigra on Survey B39_MUL. Where did you get the informa on for the opportunity to go out?? Mul ple Answer B40_MUL. What informa on they provided? Mul ple Answer Refuses/ No answer 9%(4) Refuses/ No answer Media(TV, radio, newspapers) Friends/ family 23%(10) 77%(33) Other 5%(2) Informa on on the i nerary 14%(6) Informa on on the cost of travel 12%(5) 72%(31) Figure 10 The sources and type of information The decision to emigrate was taken by the respondents themselves, although most of them have'consulted' their kin, including family (100%) and friends(42%). This was probably due to the fact that most of respondents needed a loan in cash to pay for the expenses for immigration, or they, indeed needed to sell some of their property in order to pay for immigration expenses. In fact, 40% of respondents used their own savings to pay for the expenses of the trip, whereas 44% took loan, or sold property(9%). Twenty-three percent were sent money from their relatives or friends in the EU. 19