Emma Reynolds: Migrants Flooding OUT of Europe in Search of Jobs!

Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people are abandoning their homelands as job prospects look increasingly dire. Migrants used to see the EU as a top destination for work and a better lifestyle, but now a stream of Europeans are leaving the continent, figures show. In the past year, 2,500 Greeks have left Australia alone and at least 10,000 Portuguese people have moved to Angola, according to the Guardian. Ireland's official statistics predicted that 50,000 people will have deserted their home country by the end of the year, with many heading to Australia and the US. The trend could become even worse, with Britain potentially losing its pull for workers who have vital skills to contribute. With migration trends reversing, unusual routes have apparently become popular, including Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth and Barcelona to Buenos Aires. Portugal's foreign ministry reportedly said 97,616 of its people are now registered at the consulates in Benguele and Luanda, almost double the number who were there in 2005. The Portuguese are also heading in droves to former colonies such as Brazil and Mozambique, with Brazil seeing a 50 per cent rise in foreign residents in just a year. Goncalo Pires, a graphic designer who moved from Lisbon to Janeiro, told the Guardian: 'Its a pretty depressing environment in Portugal. In Brazil, by contrast, there are lots of opportunities to find work, to find clients and projects. Joy Drosis, who left her homeland of Greece for Australia,said she felt she would have been doomed if she had stayed.