A significant number of educated individuals, such as doctors and teachers, have chosen a developed country over their own to work at. This may lead to a shortage of experts and expensive educational and healthcare services. However, governments may be able to prevent this issue by providing them suitable working environment and an increased income.
By immigration of smart people to other countries, only a small number of educated individuals will remain in the developing country. People’s ability to access different services will decrease. Furthermore, the country’s progress in fields such as nuclear, medical, and astronomical will be hampered. With the shortage of service providers, expensive education and healthcare will appear as a burden on people. For instance, many Iranian dentists migrated to Spain in 2018. This caused a high number of Iranian dentistry students to consider Spain as their next destination, and Iran encountered a shortage of dentists between 2019 and 2021.
On the other hand, governments can play a vital role in making the educated people stay in their home country by providing them suitable working environment. For example, a highly facilitated laboratory in universities allows students and pharmacists to conduct research in their own country rather than moving abroad. Another way to stop the mass immigration of experts is to increase their income. As an example, a pharmacist’s annual salary in the United States differs significantly compared with other countries, so it is reasonable for educated people to consider moving abroad.
In conclusion, a lower number of experts and expensive social services are the consequences of professionals’ immigration, which may be lessened if governments provide suitable working places with higher incomes.