emigration

How the emigration of young people affects the Serbian economy

The trend of constant increase in the number of migrants from the Balkans to EU member states has tripled in the five years before the outbreak of the pandemic. About 40,000 people immigrate from Serbia every year, most of them young people. The trend of brain drain means great losses for Serbia - in terms of knowledge, technology, and the entire economy. Without this number of young people, progress and change in many sectors is slower than it would otherwise…