Emigrants are estimated to have $400 billion in savings, and some are investing the money at home.

A recent Gallup poll indicates that the same percentage of Americans and Mexicans want to live abroad — 11 percent of respondents. What are the attractions of life someplace else?

More than a year after Ireland received a bailout, unemployment in the country has risen to more than 14 percent, and nearly 1,500 people leave the Emerald Isle every week to look for work.