More than half of young Arabs in north Africa and the Levant say they are actively trying to emigrate or considering leaving their home countries in search of better jobs abroad, research shows.
The latest Arab Youth Survey by global communications agency Asda’a BCW, released on Thursday, found that 53 per cent of people aged 18-24 in Levantine countries — Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian territories — and 48 per cent of those in north Africa wanted to move abroad to find work.
The figure drops to 27 per cent in the oil and gas exporting countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where living standards are higher than in the rest of the region.
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