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A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

Emigration is always a difficulty.

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.

Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.

We made certain that there were decent transitional arrangements to get us to where we wanted to go. The same principle will have to apply here or we won't get there.

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.

History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for emigration, it has some problems!