• AbsentBird@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    If so few people want to leave, why are so many resources directed into preventing people from leaving? I can’t think of any other country that works so hard to keep their citizens from escaping. Usually the largest barrier to leaving a country is the policies of the country you’re entering.

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      4 months ago

      The fact they’re called defectors says it all. Anywhere else they’d be called emigrants.