Europe is in a bit of a fix. Jobs are scarce. In some countries it is much worse than in others. Spain is particularly bad. The unemployment rate is 25%. This is creating an an outflow of young, educated people to other places. I recently had an opportunity to speak with the Spanish TA at W&L about this. She herself is one of these people, having been educated in Spain and now come to America to work and get a PhD. She told me she had recently spoken with her friends back home and they had told her they were all moving to Germany in search of work. They didn't speak the language, they didn't have a job waiting for them, but they thought anything was better than sitting and doing nothing in Spain. She said she was sad about this; what will be left of Spain when all the young people have left? Will they ever move back, or will they begin new lives somewhere else? But she also said that she is not likely to go back to Spain. If she can't find work in America she will probably join her friends in Germany. She may not like the situation but people have to work to live.
This points to an interesting immigration pattern; it will be fascinating to see how it changes Europe going into the future.
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