Studying in Lisbon, I found most of my peers were planning to emigrate. Now the government is turning to taxes to stop the brain drain, says London-based writer Adam Almeida
Studying in Lisbon, I found most of my peers were planning to emigrate. Now the government is turning to taxes to stop the brain drainn the autumn of 2018, I moved to Lisbon for a month-long course at the Universidade de Lisboa. I struggled to find any short-term sublets in the city, so the university stepped in to offer me a shared room in an all-male dormitory in an upmarket neighbourhood.
After graduating with a master’s degree in civil engineering, he was offered an internship in Portugal. The annual salary was a barely believable €15,000 . He knew he had no choice but to cast his net wider. Eventually, Paulo received a job offer from a rail construction company based in Edmonton, Canada. I asked him what he thought about the proposed change to the tax regime for young people. “I think it’s a very interesting policy, but it really doesn’t change our lives.
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