some of the best brains do not live in their own countries. why?

I believe this is just happening only to those who are living in a third world country like ours, the Philippines. This is one of the biggest problem our government is facing at present. Those people who have graduated from college and have excelled academically, meaning with honors, and also became board passers...tend to leave the country to work abroad and later established their career from that particular foreign land. I guess all of them will agree with one reason; they need to step away from the POVERTY that our country were experiencing in order for them to have a chance to live a much better lives rather that staying here without any assurance to move further with a good life. My main point why people in general wanted to leave is POVERTY. And to mention of having a very corrupt government like ours....NO HOPE AT ALL! Happy posting my friend!

I think that migration has happened over the centuries. For example skilled migrants go from my home country to live in Australia. Then they can enjoy a better standard of living and time outdoors. They can enjoy the warmer weather. Some people migrate to New Zealand so they can have more space to enjoy life in. It is a beautiful country with a pleasant lifestyle. In skilled migration the clever and successful people migrate to a different country. They have a clever brain and take their knowledge to another country. In Eastern Europe when the iron curtain came down some of the people moved to my home country and other places in Western Europe. For example I heard Poland is short of firemen because lots of them have migrated to Britain. Some very intelligent people have escaped poverty in Africa and have become economic migrants to Europe. Sometimes people have to run from their country. For example they might suffering a dangerous situation in their home country.

In our country, brain drain is very much true because most of us believes that we are not given enough opportunities here. Since in other countries we get higher earnings than in our own country, we tend to go abroad rather than staying here because we have families to raise.

There are several reasons, one is that the country does not recognise their talent so they seek opportunities in other countries, 2nd the salary is low compare to their qualification therefore they left their country to work in other country, 3rd is bad public infrastructure (transportation eetc), 4th they just wanna seek more challenge and experience in other country :D

I think it`s because in their own country they may not have chance to grow , to put info effect their great ideas.

may be because of the develop of that country.. But most people do stay in their country

some of them look for a greener pasture outside their countries that their own counties could not give. some or most of them think about their families future, not theirs.

Best brains deserves greener pasture but unfortunately our Country can not offer that to those people. I guess the idea of patriotism vanishes when you see your family getting hungry while you are working too hard and not being paid great that you deserve to.