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Alan Hodge's avatar

Wow. Just ... damn.

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Mark's avatar

Honest question that has confounded me for ages: can anyone explain why countries that wanted and took their independence seem to have lots of their population trying to emigrate to the land of their previous rulers? I am wondering why do so many Pakistanis and Indians want to go to the UK, and why do so many Uzbeks, etc want to go to Russia? Why aren't they revelling in their new found freedom? If the answer is economics; then why did they want to be free if it meant poverty for generations, if not forever?

Note: I am not asking about refugees from war torn places.

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