Reverse Migration: American Dilemma

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was migration to America. That is how America became a superpower. A century later, migration continues, yet does it still benefit America the same way?

Today, America has a problem called Reverse Migration: American Dilemma, however, is not limited with that. America, lately, is also facing a reverse migration of a third kind.

Yet, no one seems to have time or reason to focus on this problem because America has more to worry about. Two draining wars and rising powers of the East flexing muscles have urgency.

REFUGEE CRISIS

By the end of 2021, there were 90 million displaced people on Planet Earth. A year later the number went over 100 million.

That was before the Russia-Ukraine and Israeli Palestinian wars. Displaced numbers should reach 120 million, up by 20 million in two years.

The refugee number, meanwhile, in 2021 was about 27 million. In 2022, it was about 35 million. In 1990, the same number was about 6 million.

Reverse Migration: American Dilemma

Loss of Brain Power Equals Economic Decay

1. The reverse migration from America simply means brain drain. Reportedly, scientists of Chinese descent are leaving America in massive numbers.

2. In 2010, 48 percent of them left America. They went to China and Hong Kong. In 2021, the percentage was 67 percent.

3. In 2021, China gained more than 2048 scientific authors. In 2017, the number for China was 116.

American Dilemma: Loss of Brain Power

The American dilemma is the fact that the rising powers of the East educate their brightest in America. After a while, they take them back to serve their home countries.

In the past, America was able to keep those that were brought in from overseas with the promise of a better life. Towards the end of the 20th century, that trend changed.

Those that came in the 1980s started to return “home” with the turn of the Millenium. Turks are another good example. They came to study and work, but they also returned.

Reverse Migration: Economic Decay