[Steve_Seattle]

"The middle class, wealthy, educated, successful and business people don't emigrate from their homelands....only the "less than".....do."

That's not a very precise generalization. My impression is that many immigrants from Asia, in particular, are precisely those who are educated, successful, and business-oriented, because those are the very people that communism displaces. Similarly, many Middle Eastern emigres (including many Christians) to the West are looking for a better life consistent with their abilities and aspirations, a way of life unavailable in their home countries.

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Part of that is the difference between those who can afford to fly, and those who can afford to walk...