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Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?

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43 points rustoo | 4 comments | 12 Apr 25 15:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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betaby ◴[12 Apr 25 16:07 UTC] No.43665594[source]▶
Article is built on false premises. Notably citing: "in 2022-24, by our calculations, 20m well-educated people wanted to move there, compared with 14m who preferred Canada (which has a much smaller population). "

Two things: "wanted" and "actively doing so" are worlds apart. Additionally, other countries have about the same or even more complicated immigration rules.

The USA are safe from brain drain. And I'm saying that as a one living in Canada with close friends at McGill University - students still see the USA a primary destination of their interest.

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Whoppertime ◴[12 Apr 25 16:09 UTC] No.43665612[source]▶
There's a lot of people who threaten they will move to Canada. Far fewer actually follow through
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1. mrangle ◴[12 Apr 25 16:15 UTC] No.43665674[source]▶
It's almost impossible to get residency in Canada, short of marriage and for most US citizens.

If you are a French speaking PhD in a preferred industry who is under 29 years old, you may be gtg.

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2. 1over137 ◴[12 Apr 25 16:21 UTC] No.43665743[source]▶
>It's almost impossible to get residency in Canada

How does that square with the fact that 1/5 of the Canadian population were born abroad? Seems plenty are able to move there.

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3. betaby ◴[12 Apr 25 16:27 UTC] No.43665801[source]▶
Diploma mils in particular:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/provinces-cracking-down-on-pr...

4. mrangle ◴[12 Apr 25 16:43 UTC] No.43665976[source]▶
I'm paraphrasing my experience in using the Canadian government's own points calculator for residency.

That doesn't meant that there aren't special programs apart from that. Because I'm not of the demographic, I didn't dig into how a Chinese, Indian, or African student or family, for example, might qualify for residency under whatever qualifications. Last, I assume that there's been a significant amount of refugee resettlement.

But if you are an average person from the US, you may be boxed into the standard calculations.