In world are many countries which are suffering form the emigration. Lithuania is one of these countries. The level of emigration is quite big in our country. People are going to countries with better life conditions. I think, there are several reasons for the great amount of emigrants: better education opportunities, Lithuanian’s economical system and more acceptable job offers.
To begin with, I would like to talk about education possibilities in foreign countries. Many young people believe, that they can find better education abroad. They think, that opportunities to get the best knowledge are not improved in Lithuania. We all know famous and prestigious universities, for example Cambridge University, Oxford University and so on. Students in Lithuania can’t get the same quality of education as at universities mentioned above.
Also, studying in foreign country can attract young people because of new experiences, language improvement, new people and so on. It is important to young people not to sit down in one place, to travel, to know something new. Sometimes it can look a little bit adventurous, but when you are young, you want to try everything you can.
What is more, there are some economical problems which are related with education. For example, in Great Britain you can take the loan and pay it back just when the person earn enough money for his/her job. In Lithuania we have to pay back the loan after one year finishing the university. It doesn’t matter, if you have a job, or not. You have to pay back the loan even if you are poor and not able to find a job.
Lithuania doesn’t have the best economical system in the world, so other countries can look attractive for their friendly economy, and cause emigration. In Lithuania we have high taxes, high prices and sometimes we even don’t have the insurance for our future. We don’t know if we will be able to get our pension in the future.
Moreover, one of the emigration reasons can be the possibility to find a job in our country. Lithuanians always complain that there are no jobs in Lithuania. No one wants to work minimal payment. Especially, if you work hard and full-time day. After all these disappointments people just start to search better jobs in other countries. For example, they can get more for strawberries plucking in the United Kingdom, that being a simple accountant in the Lithuania. That’s why a lot of people prefer physically harder job for bigger amount of money.
In conclusion, I think, that Lithuania is not the only country in the world, which has emigration problem. We should agree, that our country has many problems for getting better knowledge, paying taxes or getting a job. But what we have to do, it’s to have a optimistic look into everything, what is around us.
