That people describe emigration as a problem says something. Most citizens of any given nation won&#x27;t leave, and generally feel like they can&#x27;t leave, because emigration requires either resources and skills or extreme desperation.<p>Virtually all nations of the world put a fairly high bar to immigration. For this reason, a nation&#x27;s willingness to allow immigration at all tends to determine it&#x27;s immigration rate since there are numerous areas of the world whose citizens are in extreme desperation.<p>You observe this from this chart of world immigration rates. Sweden is a pleasant destination for immigrants, Jordon and Libya less so but both have high immigrations rates.<p>The original argument was &quot;Singapore is not for everyone&quot; and my point that Singapore pretty much <i>is for everyone</i> who&#x27;s a citizen without a whole lot of resources. It&#x27;s not a matter of taste akin to an exclusive club.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indexmundi.com&#x2F;g&#x2F;r.aspx?c=sn&amp;v=27" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indexmundi.com&#x2F;g&#x2F;r.aspx?c=sn&amp;v=27</a>