More and more returnees to Serbia from Canada, America and Australia

In October 2021, the number of Serbs in the diaspora recorded a decrease by 92,000 citizens compared to the same period preceding year, and the positive trend of return of our people from abroad is especially evident in the young and highly educated, whose return was accelerated by good business opportunities in Serbia, in addition to the epidemic.

Aleksandar Jakovljević from the Point of Return circular migration program, founded on the eve of the COVID 19 pandemic, told Tanjug that most people were returning from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, including a trend of countries like Australia, Canada, USA.

– So, we have seen increased interest from those countries lately, with people contacting us daily to see how they could return to Serbia – Jakovljević emphasized.

He pointed out that the coronavirus epidemic had brought the biggest changes in the field of migration in the last ten years.

– The return to Serbia was hastened by the pandemic, in addition to business opportunities. The experience of our returnees is usually positive, they find good jobs and quality lives very fast, in the places of their origin – said Jakovljević.

The Point of Return communicates with thousands of young people, through direct support programs, as well as with pensioners who want to return to Serbia after completing their working life abroad.

– We also have a mentoring program for them to help them return – Jakovljević added.

He points out that there are tax reliefs for the employment of returnees, and a special program for attracting highly educated people, which facilitates their stay in our country.

A research conducted by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies showed that 90,000 more highly educated people came to Serbia than left it during the period from 2015 to 2019.

Jakovljević notes his expectation that good business opportunities in Serbia will keep young people in their country.

Source: Serbian Diaspora Television-Večernje Novosti

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