/ world today news/ Germany is improving the conditions for emigration in this country. At the same time, statistics show a sharp increase in those wishing to leave Germany. These processes seem inextricably linked. Why are many of Germany’s most educated professionals in a hurry to flee Germany, and who will eventually replace them?
In 2022 (no more recent data yet) a total of 1.2 million people have turned their backs on the Federal Republic of Germany. There are many reasons for this and they are very different.
“The level of digitization there makes me feel like I’ve gone back twenty years. The service is simply terrible,” wrote, for example, on social networks one of those who, by their own admission, recently left Germany. Another repatriate complains: “No matter how long you’ve been in Germany, natural Germans always see you as a foreigner.” And the third explains very simply: “We moved to Switzerland to make more money.”
Last summer, the results of a survey were published, according to which a quarter of Germans are seriously considering leaving the country in the near future. According to them, only 58% are confident that they will not leave Germany.
The prospects for life in Germany look even worse in the eyes of young people. In the age group from 19 to 29 years, 37% expressed readiness to pack their bags. And in the 30 to 39-year-old group, 36% responded positively to the question about the possibility of leaving. Only in the age groups over 60 years of age is the loyalty to the homeland higher than the average.
And relatively recently, things were different. In January 2022, 16% of Germans surveyed responded positively to the question of their willingness to emigrate, which seemed a very high figure at the time. For young people, this figure in January 2022 is 19%.
It is easiest with economic emigrants. A former Russian named Matvey, who moved to Germany five years ago, says that staying in the country hits his pocket harder every year. “To rent a normal apartment, you will have to pay at least 1,000 euros. And in general, everything becomes very expensive in Germany. Even buying a chicken costs 350 rubles for four hundred grams… (BGN 7) To get a driver’s license, you will have to pay about 2500 euros for the whole process. It’s a bit expensive even for Germans, because the average salary is 1,800–2,000 euros per person,” says Matvey.
Along with the “economists”, it is necessary to mention the “professionals”. A long-term study by the Federal Institute for Demographic Research says that 58% of emigrants leave abroad for professional reasons.
For its part, Radio France reports that among those leaving Germany there are many thirty-five-year-old men with higher education. “These are people who are unhappy with the current policies and regulations. If I find out that I can’t change the system here, then there are only two options: either adapt or leave,” explains Johann Schupener, a consultant who helps Germans complete the exit procedure. According to him, the most popular travel destinations are Switzerland, Austria and the USA.
“This brain drain affects the German economy, which suffers from a severe labor shortage. But some of the departures are offset by immigration and the return of some Germans after several years of emigration,” explains French journalist Sebastien Baer.
Of course, mass emigration will not depopulate the country because more people are moving in than leaving. For example, in 2022, the difference between arrivals and departures is almost 1.5 million people. But the problem is the quality of immigration. The publication “Wirtsschaftsvohe” reports that the state is currently desperately looking for qualified workers: truck drivers, kindergarten workers, programmers.
For this reason, German law has recently been amended to facilitate naturalization in the country. Instead of eight years, as before, it will be possible to obtain citizenship after five years of residence in Germany, and in the case of “special integration achievements” – after three years. In addition, applicants for citizenship will not have to give up the passport of the country they came from.
However, as Wirtsschaftsvohe journalist Svenja Gelowitz complains, the German authorities, while taking care of attracting skilled migrants, have little interest in another group of people: the Germans who emigrate – even though there are many highly qualified specialists among them. Schupener says he divides his clients into three categories.
The first of them are professionals who want to work in another country. These are mostly workers in the automotive and chemical industries, as well as in engineering. Another category is politically motivated. “A little disillusioned, tired of Germany, so to speak, some of them feel that the government is making fun of them,” Schupener describes them.
Finally, the third category is pensioners. Basically, they are chasing comfort: in some other countries of the world, the cost of living is lower – and you can live better with a small pension. Thailand is especially popular among these people.
In Russia for a long time it was believed that Germany was almost heaven on earth. Accordingly, emigration to Germany has always been one of the most massive: Russians, Turks, Poles, Baltics, Yugoslavs and many others rushed there.
Today, however, the image of the German “paradise” has faded significantly: the reason for this is the ongoing economic recession, the rising cost of living, the crimes of migrants and the dominance of liberalism in its most severe form. And since Germany is full of, as they would say in ancient times, “barbarians” from the third world, educated and qualified people are leaving it.
Translation: V. Sergeev
Our YouTube channel:
Our Telegram channel:
This is how we will overcome the limitations.
Share on your profiles, with friends, in groups and on pages.
#Germans #fall #love #Germany #View #Info
