Higher Estonian comeback figures signal turnaround in emigration

  • 2016-07-13
  • Karin Kuum
Estonians are now returning home in bigger numbers than ever before. Since regaining independence in 1991 people have been flowing out of Estonia to find better work or study opportunities, or moved away for family reasons, mostly to Nordic countries. Now, for the first time over a couple dozen years, Estonians started making their ways back to their homeland. This is happening in very promising numbers. During the last year, 15,413 Estonian nationals migrated to Estonia and 13,003 left the country with the positive migration margin being at a record-high nearly 2,500 people. ...
 
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