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11/01/2007: "Europeans fleeing Europe as immigrants flood in"

More Germans emigrated in 2006 than at any time since 1954 with most going to Switzerland but the reasons for their leaving the country were unclear, officials said on Tuesday.

There has been a steady exodus over the years, but it has recently become Topic A in a land already saddled with one of the most rapidly aging and shrinking populations of any Western nation. With evidence that more professionals are leaving than in past years, politicians and business executives are warning about the loss of the best and brightest.

[ As culture erodes, there's no point staying, so the best are bailing and being replaced by drones. ]

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL30482528.html