I would think that migration has become more widespread because of a greater access to information.

A hundred years ago many people living in the Middle East or Africa may not have even heard of France, Germany or England.

They may have had an aspiration to have a better life but the knowledge that one was possible elsewhere was not available.

In what they seek they are no different to the rest of us, a decent living, a decent home, a standard of freedom.

Is it really asking too much.