Why don’t those who leave Latvia return?

When asked by the host of the “On the Line” program on TV24 what is missing to return citizens to Latvia even more effectively, Remigration Coordinator of the Riga Planning Region Daina Šulca replied that people’s desires are very diverse.

The specialist noted that the return of compatriots to Latvia is very important, but, in her opinion, at least in the Riga region, the level of wages is not decisive why people choose not to return to Latvia.

“If we talk regarding the level of wages, say, in the Riga planning region, then wages really range from 1,500 to 5,000 euros gross. The Riga municipality also works with this, attracting highly qualified specialists – the Riga municipality has a one-time allowance for the return of highly qualified specialists.

What is missing? I might say, on the one hand, that in the most remote regions, indeed, the level of wages can be decisive. In the Riga region, I don’t think this is of decisive importance. Rather, it is regarding people needing to be confident that they will be able to get what they want when they return to Latvia. And these desires are very, very diverse. More than 400,000 Latvian citizens live outside Latvia,” Daina Šulca emphasized in the “On the Line” program.