North Africa’s skilled workers looking to leave their countries in droves

Posted On 4 November 2021

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1234 issue: week ending 5 November 2021

Subscriber access:  Algeria is experiencing a mass exodus of medical doctors and other skilled professionals, challenging its efforts to contain the Covid-19 crisis and deal with the other emerging crises. The public sector is the most affected, with doctors, nurses and other professionals either moving abroad or shifting to the private sector. In Tunisia, the number of experts applying for jobs abroad rose 36% year over year in August 2021, as evidence of more Tunisian looking to leave their country. Worsening social, economic and political climates are forcing North Africans to look for safe havens abroad.

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