Translation of "retour des émigrés " (French → English) :

13. Supports the idea of a European initiative to encourage the return of skilled immigrants working in the European Union to their countries of origin and of preventing, as far as possible, the "brain drain" from these countries, particularly through the use of various instruments such as the integrated development aid programmes;

29. Hopes that an EU initiative will be launched for the purpose of supporting the efforts made by the countries of origin in order to encourage the return of skilled immigrants working in the EU;

22. Hopes that an EU initiative will be launched for the purpose of supporting the efforts made by the countries of origin in order to encourage the return of skilled immigrants working in the EU;

These are concerned with the development of regions which have traditionally seen large-scale emigration, the establishment of policies and infrastructures for welcoming asylum seekers, institution building (in particular with regard to police and judicial systems and the improvement of external-border checks), measures to combat illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings, and the return and reintegration of refugees and displaced persons. One example has been the programme to combat illegal immigration by supporting improvements to the management of border checks adopted in cooperation with Morocco for the period 2002-04, with ...[+++]a budget of EUR40 million.

In addition, former countries of emigration (southern Member States and Ireland) became countries of immigration, the larger inward flows of migrants composed both of returning nationals and of non-nationals, most of whom were from outside the EU.

Thus, both circular migration and return can help moderate brain drain (when skilled/intelligent people emigrate).