Analysis: Millions of Americans have left the country. Where are they going, and why?
These young American Mexicans — some call them “accidental Americans” because they didn’t choose their American citizenship — tend to be concentrated in border states, particularly Baja California and Chihuahua.
Despite the post-election grumbling, Klekowski von Koppenfels says very few Americans leave their homeland for political reasons. Even fewer flee under true duress or peril: The U.N. Refugee Agencyjust 426 American refugees in 2021, with Germany, the U.K. and Canada being their top destinations. That’s vanishingly small compared with 6.8 million from Syria, 2.7 million from Afghanistan or 2.4 million from South Sudan.
“Exploration is the key underlying factor for a plurality of Americans,” Klekowski von Koppenfels said, “but there’s most often something else going on as well, whether it’s a job, a partner, study abroad, wanting to help others — something like that.”Stereotypes of the idly rich or retired expat aside, research by FVAP, the voting agency, finds that the majority of American voters in every world region are also workers.
“A lot of Americans are actually really globally minded,” she said, “and it’s becoming easier and easier for them to act on that global impulse as technology allows folks to cross borders for medium- and long-term stays, or to simply work remotely.”
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