"Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime
of modern living. The country’s biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has
revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent
to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week. Most
people are relocating within the Commonwealth — in Australia, Canada and South
Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.
And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores —
and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The
dearth of good schools, spiraling house prices, rising crime and tax increases
are also driving people away."
Is this the reflection of the same movement of people from city centers to the suburbs to flee developing crime and urbanisation? What does it mean for the countries that they are leaving, the countries they are relocating to and the poor people moving from low income countries.
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