Around 180,000 Germans emigrate every year - and about 130,000 Germans who had been living abroad return each year. This graph ("Where the Germans Emigrate: Most popular target countries") shows the number of Germans who have moved abroad over the past 10 years, and to which countries. Currently, five percent of Germans live abroad. "The best are doing well [abroad], but the best are also coming [to Germany]," the researchers said. The migration of skilled workers is therefore not a brain drain, but a brain circulation - i.e.

Source: The Local December 06, 2019 12:00 UTC