Beyond the point of no return

While emigration is regarded as an unwanted byproduct of recession, the ebb and flow of migrants around the globe benefits both the destination countries and our own when they eventually return, writes Kyran FitzGerald

EVERY deep recession is unique in its grimness. But one thing unites almost all of them: they are followed by a big outward movement on the part of the country’s youth.

A jobs shakeout is inevitably accompanied by an upsurge in migration from the region, or country affected.