Table 3.

Financial push and pull factors

	Quote	Participant
1	“Because the financial situation in Egypt is very difficult”	Male resident, location 2
2	“And I think that another benefit would be the good income which is definitely better than my income in Egypt.”	Male resident, location 7
3	“Our problem is not about finances, we don’t have any financial problems and this is not our motivation for migration”	Female house officer, location 3
4	“For me as a specialist, I can earn much more money if I worked in the Gulf countries for example; I will earn much more than I would earn in Germany but still I will take the risk because of the benefit.”	Male resident, location 6
5	“Because financial issues are not our target. If finance was my main goal, I would have travelled to Arab countries instead of Germany, but my target is to have a good life style”	Male resident, location 4
6	“There are no services available and there is a very poor infrastructure”	Male resident, location 3
7	“Lack of resources, everything… doctors, resources”	Male resident, location 5