The persons who went abroad must be motivated to return home. Their contribution to increasing the living standards in Moldova would be important, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca said in a meeting with a group of young people from the Moldovan diaspora and young people who live in the country, IPN reports.

“It is very important to think how to motivate them to return home and also to think what to do to prevent the children who are with them from losing their identity and from forgetting their language as they are Moldovan citizens,” said the official.

According to the Premier, the living standards at home can be raised together with society. In this connection, Iurie Leanca urged the young people to study abroad, but then to return and work in the country.

For their part, the young people said that the roads in Moldova are disastrous, while the sewerage systems are old. There are no highly-paid jobs and those who work abroad will not return to Moldova in such conditions. Alexandru Bondarciuc has lived in Greece for 10 years and does not intend to return. He said he would like things to change in Moldova so that his parents found work at home.

The young people who took part in the meeting with the Prime Minister form part of the program “Dor”, which includes 17 young people from the Moldovan diaspora and five young people from Moldova, aged between 13 and 16. The program “Dor” aims to inform the young people of the second and third generations of migrants about their cultural identity and to create emotional ties between the country of origin and representatives of the Moldovan diaspora.