US should retain skilled immigrants, says Indian-born academic
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18:50 05/10/2011
Vivek Wadhwa, writing for the Washington Post, says the United States is experiencing its first ever brain drain and should do more to encourage skilled immigration. "In 1980, when I came to the...
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Ireland , once an economic powerhouse of the European Union , is seeing a large increarse in emigration as a result of a downturn in their economy. Over 3,000 people are leaving Ireland each month,...
