Letters from Antipodean emigrants were commonly published in the Russian press and had the effect of encouraging potential emigrants to consider this exotic new land as a possible destination.
Artificial programs aimed at creating various participant "networks" usually do not work as expected, and training programs in Western universities often attract potential emigrants rather that those willing to continue active research inside Russia.
More important, permission to leave the country does not guarantee that another country would agree to receive potential emigrants.
But a national crisis of self-esteem is most visible in the lines of potential emigrants that form daily outside the consulates of the United States, Japan and West European nations.
Americans should want a Mexican president who can maintain stability and produce jobs that can keep potential emigrants at home.
In earlier life he had been in Canada and it is certain that at least some youthful potential emigrants to Canada were inspired by his accounts of life there.
The Irish press continued to warn potential emigrants of the dangers and hardships of life in Canada and encouraged would-be emigrants to settle instead in the United States.
Similarly, we funded the temporary return to Cape Verde of highly qualified Cape Verdeans who live in Portugal, to inform and train potential emigrants in their home country.
Indeed, many of the potential emigrants said they wanted to go somewhere where work, not speculation, would be rewarded.
This tends to support an emigration flow since even improving conditions in the emigrant's country take a while to trickle down to potential emigrants to convince them not to leave.