A recent survey shows that one in two young South Africans are thinking of emigrating within the next five years.
The high youth unemployment rate is causing as many as one in two young South Africans to think they would be better off living and working in other countries, and there are signs they’re not bluffing anymore.
Concerningly, 50% of our well-educated, mid-to-top-income young people said that emigration is ‘Very likely’ or ‘Likely’ for them. “What this data says to me is that 50% are thinking that the grass is a whole lot greener overseas, and that’s a radical indictment of our country,” he said. Canadian immigration consultant Nicholas Avramis told BusinessTech that Beaver Immigration had seen a 50% spike in interest from doctors and nurses who want to immigrate to Canada.
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