Returnee programme for Romanian emigrants

The Romanian government has announced a special programme designed to encourage the return of citizens who have emigrated. Some three million Romanians have moved abroad in recent years; in 2007 alone, they have sent about 7 million euros back home. Ionut Popescu observes: "Just as these people did not leave at the government's behest, so will they not be moved to return. The government won't manage to raise the average wage from 800 euros to the 1,000 euros that a Romanian can earn abroad. Only those who were already planning to come back will do so. The rest, whose children are going to school abroad and who are founding Romanian ex-pat communities, won't return, whatever the government does to entice them."

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