It's a migration phenomenon that is picking up speed and, given the size of the population in Africa and the disadvantaged status of so many on the Continent, the notion that you simply have to "up sticks" and arrive in another country to gain membership is new but of its time.
The rigmarole to get into Australia or obtain a Green Card to work in the USA is marathon. Most people when faced with the shear bureaucracy draw back knowing their inadequacy to cross all the 'T's and dot all the 'I's but of course most of us have a choice in not going, since life in our country of origin is ok.
Certainly our streets are not paved with gold, if there was any, George would be out there digging it up but everything has a comparative value and there's no comparison with our life style and that of someone living in Syria or Libya.
It has been a phenomena in the making as the Internet and the smart phone not only shrinks the world, it accelerates what others do. From being constrained by the village culture and the structure within the village community, young people are creating their own concept of a boarder and the barrier to their own future and they are doing what is common in Western cultures, moving to where they see their best lifestyle chances prosper.
I suppose if the world of finance can cut across boarders with its Global strategy, ignoring the will of the local inhabitant and running foot loose with established norms it's no big deal that the poor who have had their countries destroyed by the same western ideology should want to kick back.
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