Population migration has its beginning in the far past. Main driver for migrations is search for better life conditions. They represent everyday processes that are having a negative impact on the global workforce market. Cause of migrations can be determined through the reasons why individuals are leaving a country (push factors) and through attracting reasons for which individuals are choosing another country (pull factors). Migrations can be caused by economic, political and geographical factors. Specificform of migration is move of highly educated experts, scientists and intellectuals, popularly named “brain drain”. Brain drain is a term that is getting more attention because young, educated, creative and perspective human potential is leaving borders oftheir home country in search for self-realization of their own life needs and goals. Highly educated people are cornerstone for economic development 69and progress of a country. Relevance of this trend, its global impact and lack of causes research are the main reasons for choosing this thesis. Brain drain is happening most often in undeveloped countries that are dealing with high unemployment rates, low wages, unsecure work positions and bad living conditions. The most common migration is from an undeveloped to a developed country. Problem of brain drain is still a global issue, there are many negative impacts on countries from which migrants are moving out and the most obvious impact loss of highly education workforce i.e. reduction in human resources that can have a negative impact on country’s economic development. Brain drain, as a process of spatial distribution of educated human potentials, presents process that requires greater attention, care and understanding from responsible individuals and society in general.