For many years, more German citizens have been moving away from Germany than returning, among them many highly qualified professionals. A joint study by the Expert Council’s Research Unit, the Federal Institute for Population Research and the University of Duisburg-Essen analyses what motivates emigrants and returnees to migrate. The study is broader in scale than ever before and spans all professional groups and qualification levels. The result is that Germany is not currently experiencing a brain drain, but more of a ‘brain circulation".
