It’s amazing they know where to head to get the most generous benefits.
“It’s amazing they know where to head to get the most generous benefits.”
The cell phone lets them compare notes globally, the same day.
I sat next to Somali on a plane two years ago, and had a long talk to him about immigration.
When he was in Somalia, he considered long and hard where he would go - a few European countries, and a few particular US cities. It is a major item of discussion in Somalia, and towers above other options in the career options of young men. The benefits package was the top factor, but ultimately he chose Sweden, because he was single, and had heard good things about his social prospects there.
After five years, he had been fully supported, and had not been required to work - only to take free Swedish language classes.
He worked off the books for another Somali, and was able to regularly invest in his own businesses that he was developing in Somalia, where he was now a big wheel among family and friends. He owned a growing herd of cattle that was making money, as was an import (into Somalia) operation that he was running (a legal business).
He said that “everybody” back home knew the way into the US (through the border near San Diego), and how to find people to guide them onto benefits quickly. Family reunification was a huge open door for the US, unlike many other countries.