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One-tenth of Lithuanians want to emigrate for good

BC, Vilnius, 06.12.2016.Print version
Almost one-tenth of the Lithuanian population say they would like to leave the country for good and nearly one-third want to emigrate temporarily, according to a poll published by the Delfi.lt news website on Tuesday writes LETA/BNS.

Some 9.6% of the respondents said they would like to leave Lithuania permanently and 28.9% said they would like to leave, but on a temporary basis. The remaining 61.5% said they were not thinking about emigration.


Some 20.7% of those who said they wanted to leave saw Norway as the most attractive country for emigration and 20.2% thought that it was Britain. Ireland was the third most popular country, at 12.7%.


Further down the list were Sweden (8.7%), Germany (7.6%), the United States (7.5%), Switzerland (5%) and the Netherlands (4.4%), followed by Spain, Belgium, Canada, Italy and Russia.


Spinter Tyrimai polled 1,002 people between Oct. 19 and 27.






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