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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
If you have the right travel documents you likely don't need the traffickers and likely are not fleeing for simple financial reasons. In too many of the source countries you need to be able to pay bribes as well as fees to get the documents in the first place. If you can afford that you probably can afford flights/transport and more likely will be skilled or wealthy so more welcome in the host nation.
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My partner was able to flee a country at a young age where she was in danger from an oppressive government. When it comes to sympathy for asylum seekers she's not the most sympathetic to put it mildly. She came from a family with enough wealth to enable her to leave the country, and she is aware that those who were in more danger than her were not in a position to leave.
I think those that make a well intentioned fuss about helping asylum seekers often ignore the reality that the real victims remain and suffer.