Economic immigrant in Germany here. And most of my friends are also skilled -economic- migrants (mostly doctors/engineers/scientists) as well. Maybe I can draw

Economic immigrant in Germany here. And most of my friends are also skilled -economic- migrants (mostly doctors/engineers/scientists) as well. Maybe I can draw a picture. There are a number of reasons, but I would say the biggest one is this: while I am told things are a lot worse than it was, the situation here is still a lot better than it is in my home country. I also have no hope for my home country; while I think Germany will probably get better eventually. Now, for the alternatives; emigrating to US is rather challenging with all the H1B shenanigans going on, while my friends who has moved to Canada all eventually came to hate their lives and moved to other places. If you don't speak the local language, there are not many jobs in a lot of the European countries. Japan is not really welcoming to immigrants, and Australia is seen as too remote. This leaves you with few choices in the first world; Britain, Netherlands, and Germany. I got the first job offer from Germany, so I am here. Quite a few of my friends were thinking along similar lines, so they are scattered across these three countries.