Educated young Greeks flee their country to find work abroad
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ATHENS — In a cafe in central Athens, two young men drink coffee and discuss plans for their future, going over preparations that will uproot them from the Greek capital to London.
Kostas Karanikos and Komninos Arvanitakis — both 26, both graduates, unemployed and struggling to find work — have decided to try their luck in Britain.
They are among seven out of 10 young Greeks that a survey has shown want to leave Greece for a better life abroad.
Komninos has been without a job since finishing his nine months’ military service last summer. “It’s a nightmare,” he says.
“I love my country, all my friends and family are here, but after one year, what can I expect? I expect nothing. There’s little to look forward to here in Greece,” he says.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100922com3.html
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