The return of Lithuania's emigrants

All three Baltic states are experiencing labour shortages as a result of heavy emigration and booming economies. Lithuania has now launched a publicity campaign aimed at encouraging emigrants to return. "Lithuania's growth rates are just as high as Estonia's," the paper comments, "and the labour shortages there are having such a strong impact that political leaders are finally translating words into action and appealing to the hundreds of thousands of people who have left the country in search of work abroad. The information centres now being set up in Western Europe are probably not exactly what Lithuanians living abroad need, but at least the initiative shows that the government hasn't forgotten its citizens. However it's more important to focus on improving living standards and working conditions within the country."

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