Before the financial crisis hit Iceland hard in October 2008, the country’s booming economy was a magnet for migrant workers. Many Eastern Europeans came to the small island in the North Atlantic to work on construction projects. Most of them have left the country since Iceland’s economic collapse, and many Icelanders have decided to follow them in search for a better future abroad. Most of them are eager to avoid pay cuts, tax hikes and the higher unemployment figures expected to hit the country once the summer is over. Preferred destination: Norway Most of the emigrants are heading to Norway, where around 1,000 Icelanders are expected before this year is over. For a country with just a little over 300,000 inhabitants, this is not a small number. Craftspeople and technicians have particularly good chances of finding a new job. Atli and Rosa are determined to leave Iceland Atli Steinn Gudmundsson, 35, and his fiancee Rosa want to emigrate to Norway or Holland as soon as the Atli completes his MA degree at the University of Iceland. “Half of our friends have already moved to Norway,” he says. “And the rest, when you bring up the subject of moving to another… Read full this story
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