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the economy is still reeling from all accounts unsupplied booked. this is business africa. has welcomed. young educated africans are risking everything to start new lives abroad because they have been failed by their god. ns put them on the policies that is the key message from a new un survey of almost 2000 people published today reporters called scaling fences and is focused on people who entered the europe irregularly but were not looking for humanitarian protection almost half of them had jobs when they left africa and almost one in 10 were unrolled in school compared to their peers at home they were better off and more highly educated so why did they risk the perilous journey to europe well of those who were working in their home country only 12 percent said and enough to be able to say for the future the study's authors say

many migrants felt they had to leave africa to fulfill their ambitions their experiences says the report can be taken as a collective plea to their governments to set the level of creativity ambition and pace of africa's economic transformation and social political development higher one of the findings of that study we have mentioned is that only 2 percent of these african migrants say they wouldn't have left had they been more aware of the dangers of irregular migration so what is it that drives these young bright africans to take such a big risk in heading to europe a little earlier i put that question to hakim steiner he's the head of the united nations development program who commissioned a commission to study. well in the report scaling the fences that we have presented today we tell that story through literally their own voices this is the core of this report 2000 interviews with irregular migrants to europe and the story

as always it is more complex than many people believe it to be 1st of all we find that amongst those who do with leave their countries are not always those who are considered the extremely poor in fact they are those who have some education some possibilities and above all an aspiration to do more with their lives to have hope about other opportunities so yes economic poverty drives migration but it is combined also with the ability to actually move on and to look for opportunities elsewhere and to some extent all sort of its 1st sentence of ambition exceeding the opportunities in their lifetime for the development and personal success in the countries we're talking about these opportunities you said slightly better educated more intelligent but does not mean that they can stop working in europe on arrival . well to some extent that obviously is not the reality so many regular migrants initially struggle to find their feet but yes in due course many of them

are able to work i mean women often in the health sector in cleaning and other such jobs that are at the lower end of the jobs market many of them find their way in the construction sector the farming sector often at that wage disadvantage but you know at the end of the day being able to have that job allows them to also send money back home and this is very often a factor that will keep them 1st of all in europe and over time we found that those are actually able to make a living also more likely to return to their countries which is another surprising finding. the group of people we're talking about here are not leaving their countries to escape violence and persecution they simply want a better life understandably so what kind of african countries now do to convince these educated and vicious people to stay that desperately needed a home on the. well this is a story of transition and development that in all our countries have experienced it and what i think is perhaps in part different is that the number of young people

today in africa is growing very fast you have an extraordinary young population and the prospects of being able to utilize all the possibilities of 21st century technology and life so seem very remote and these are not the sort of people that are either wealthy or you know are privileged let us be realistic living on $260.00 you know as an average income is not exactly something that will give you the perspective of having succeeded but what we're also looking at is really that in the development of cities and also in the national and international programs that are being put in place we need to focus more on units we need to accelerate job creation and we need to accelerate also the capacity of young people to contribution more actively because many of them do lament also their inability to contribute to the broader political and social life in their country and therefore you know getting up and going somewhere else becomes a way of also creating your but unit is so it's an economic dimension accelerating

development finding a way to create jobs that are not just rays of any income but you know these are young people who are connected to the well they can through the internet follow what else is happening around the world they're driven by hope by ambition by dreams and their countries and the national development context has to respond to that more quickly. i'm sign a thank you very much thank you now for a slightly different perspective on that story we take a look at south africa and its economy is floundering unemployment is on the rise so more and more black south africans are leaving their country for good those with the means to seek greener pastures are scrambling to move abroad mostly to the u.s. and europe consulting for so important new emigration applications are op 70 percent of that battling to keep up with demand. leslie who would see has been driving trucks across south africa for 11 years but now he's had enough.

living as a buffer you got because there's going bust says in america it's it's dangerous to say the leg the motherboard been for trucks overcome but. it's even better for me to go in america because. i must get for my left now. leslie is one of an estimated several 100007 after can currently seeking to immigrate in search of a better life qualifying for a special skills visa. we can keep up at the moment there's a lot of families that are trying to understand what does it take to leave how do i get it how do we make a stamp and. consultants are overrun with applications from skilled and unskilled workers trying to find a way out as the economy flatlines and unemployment grows immigration numbers are spiking to similar levels experienced at the dawn of democracy in 1994 but for the

1st time more black south africans are trying to leave than whites and looking for a better future for my children so i would consider to go somewhere else we at think i can get a better education better lifestyle for my kids. when several run up or serve became president in 2018 south africa experienced a bounce in numbers of africans returning home after a decade of mixed immigration but many are left disappointed with his progress in turning around the country's fortunes repatriation consultants are now feeling the pinch rock that he said we are going through more of a depth of people wanting to return compared to last year we had rana foroohar without president came in but the same reasons are bringing people back home friends and family sense of purpose and a sense of belonging to come through in the next few weeks leslie has a medical appointment to finalize his moves them here people was. and

noisemakers is going to come to be them like to be in america to be. the american dream more promise of a better tomorrow for the truck driver and so they're part of the plain old like see the big malls and good taste the big mac. because they are good at everything you know america is. this place. that only one minor reason for going to the u. s. leslie and his wife find that the arguments for staying in south africa are few and far between. just last month's sim bob with barry its former leader robert mugabe loved by somebody loathed by many more the erstwhile freedom fighter turned dictator is seen as responsible for triggering the dire economic crisis as dog the country for years many have hoped that the current gov and the

president emerson. could finally find a way to jumpstart the still ailing economy so far off spin little sign of much change. that will take everything has come to a standstill once again there's no electricity wonder money is so has a major figure wales but the power grid has just gone off and his small mechanical engineering company in harare has come to a standstill. if the office we did maybe things are going to be ok good jobs playing on the floor but you can employ some time there is it comes . to of midnight it goes around 4 o'clock so you know we need or is being done. it's been like that for months now and often there's no electricity anywhere in the country during the day the government can't afford to import it and drought has

left the most. important hydro power plant doctoring. there is an emergency power generator here but it's only strong enough to supply the office many of say uses the time to write some e-mails hoping that there will be enough power for the big machines again later in the evening. now the emergency generator needs fuel and this is where my news says employees face the next problem that long line at the gas station next door diesel and gasoline are in short supply the national currency is rapidly losing value and importing goods gets more and more difficult currently we are having problems of high places. getting we can't afford to buy the basic. reading out i'm saying to make ends meet but it's very difficult. he sent away with empty canisters it doesn't make sense to wait in line

any longer the waiting time is 4 hours and the gas station will be closed before that. is just enough to hop past 11 in the evening and finally the power is back one demand you've said hopes to be able to work now for at least a few hours after that his employees will sleep here in the morning buses will drive them home we don't care who rules the country say the man here as long as we'll soon be able to lead a normal life again. and that's it for me the business to. follow business news. stories on our website that's 2 w dot com slash business also follow us on social media for the go here's a quick look at global markets and there's a school. sitting

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