MetaFilter posts tagged with emigration

"Everything is determination. I know with time things will be okay."

rom1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:21:42 -0800

Kingsley's crossing: the excruciating journey of a man seeking a better life. "Kingsley's Crossing is the story of one man's willingness to abandon everything—his family, his country, and his friends—in the hopes of finding a better life abroad. Award-winning French photojournalist Olivier Jobard documents the passage."

Calling all Americans!

Eideteker — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:36:00 -0800

Why not celebrate our Independence Day with the violent overthrow of the government? Some say they want a revolution, others would rather secede. Should we stay or should we go?

Leaving the Islands

thisisdrew — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:12:49 -0800

Springdale Arkansas is now home to the largest population of Marshallese outside of the Marshall islands. ...They all spoke so highly of Springdale and how great it is to work the overnight shift in a chicken factory in the Ozarks. What a strange irony that everyone I knew in Arkansas considered paradise to be on South Pacific islands, with no schedule and great fishing. ..Articles by Christopher Leonard and photos by Benjamin Krain

Could Tucker be right?

purephase — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:06:40 -0800

Canada's "Brain Drain" has been a growing concern among Canadians for a number of years. There are a number of reports (PDF) indicating that an increasing number of "highly skilled graduates in fields such as health, engineering and natural and applied sciences" have been heading south for work. There are guides to assist, first hand accounts, and even profiles of people who have left.

Riotous Littleport

plep — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:48:07 -0800

Riotous Littleport. The deportation of an English village to Australia. BBC article with links to other interesting articles on immigration and emigration on the page.

Betrayed by Europe: An Expatriates Lament

Asparagirl — Sun, 14 Mar 2004 01:33:33 -0800

Betrayed by Europe: An Expatriates Lament Journalist, novelist, and translator Nidra Poller, an American ex-pat who has been living in Paris with her family since 1972, writes in the latest issue of Commentary about her painful decision to leave her adopted homeland for the US. The main reason? Poller and her family are Jewish and scared for their lives. Her poignant essay is not just another report on the disturbing levels of anti-semitism in France or yet another French Jew abandoning the country for safer turf, but an examination of the power of hope (and inertia) in our lives, even when intellectually one sees no reason for hope: I'm being treated to a poignant lesson in European and Jewish history. The 30's: why did they stay? Why didn’t they run for their lives? Couldn’t they see what was happening? I see before me a vivid demonstration of the deep roots we dig to make our lives bloom, the intricate biology of a human life, irrigated with the lifeblood of a community, inextricably connected to a society, born of life to give life to keep life alive. Leaving is not packing up and tipping your hat goodbye. It is tearing live flesh out of a living matrix. A powerful and disturbing testimony.

America....love it or leave it?

gimonca — Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:54:34 -0800

America....love it or leave it?

Then Leave!

synecdoche — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:46:50 -0800

Don't like the US? Then Leave! Somebody posted this to a newsgroup I read from time to time. Evidently, if you sign an agreement to leave the US for a year, you'll get a portion of what has been donated to the website (currently $53).

MetaFilter posts tagged with emigration

"Everything is determination. I know with time things will be okay."

Calling all Americans!

Leaving the Islands

Could Tucker be right?

Riotous Littleport

Betrayed by Europe: An Expatriates Lament

America....love it or leave it?

Then Leave!

Betrayed by Europe: An Expatriates Lament