The best and the brightest! /s
“The best and the brightest! /s”
Actually that may be more truth than sarcasm.
It takes an above average level of initiative, courage, mental and physical toughness, and modicum of intelligence to undertake such an arduous trek.
I would not be surprised if in a couple of generation their descendants may be doing rather well, maybe better than the stupid natives who let them in. If so, they deserve it.
As a wise man once said...
“You only own that which you are willing and able to defend using whatever means at your disposal.”
Obviously the west doesn’t have the will to defend what is theirs.