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Originally Posted by SebC
I doubt it. Real estate costs in desirable places, educational requirements for employment, and political propaganda would all work to prevent that any mass migration.
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Well, the same forces exist in developing nations, but as long as there's freedom of mobility it doesn't stop people from chasing what they see as opportunity or a chance to flee somewhere they feel hopeless. The massive slums around cities like Mumbai or Lagos aren't all made up of people indigenous to that area. They're made up of people who came from elsewhere with low levels of education, lack of employment and inability to afford a home. Still, they come. People with virtually nothing get on small boats run by dodgy people to cross dangerous seas with high risks of never completing the journey to reach places where they don't have the money for a home or the education to get good work.