Unnatural, often illegal flow of people causes extraordinary disruptions in the host countries, writes Mark Barnes THE lyrics from the 1982 sitcom Cheers captured it: "… sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name". I think that’s why a lot of people stay where they are; that’s certainly one of the reasons I’m never leaving SA.I can’t imagine what it must be like when home just isn’t home any more, when home just can’t be home any more, when home is an alternative too ghastly to contemplate.You can scarcely open a newspaper or turn on the television news without seeing a human tragedy imposed on refugees.According to a recent article in the Financial Times, Germany is facing, and apparently having to accept, the biggest influx of asylum seekers since the Second World War. Germany may be the "worst hit", but the European Union (EU) as a whole is experiencing an unprecedented inflow from all of the war-torn and poverty-ravaged countries that neighbour it.Beyond the obviou...
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