Australia and NZ also exist, those countries are likely fine in that no major global trade routes go through there (unlike the Arctic), so that mitigates the risk of war over there. Those I’ve read somewhere on r/IWantOut that some countries like Australia have a list of medical conditions that would mean one is not allowed to emigrate there.
England/the UK I haven’t read much, but that’s about as far as one can go, aside from Canada; to go elsewhere means learning a new language is outright required
I’m in a similar position as OP, and trying to leave with someone else would be even more trickier. Even Canada is very limited in how many family members/friends/relatives that one can sponsor or emigrate with.
I just hope any one country will start allowing asylum seekers to get out before it’s too late, but I won’t hold my breath given that everywhere in the developed world seems to have a housing crisis all at once.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Ah shit, here I go again
This time, I don’t have the advantage if being a kid and it was 10x easier to learn a new language as a kid. I mean, I’m so good at English, my classmates say they don’t hear any accents. I’m practically a native English speaker.
If I were to move, the language thing is gonna make me cry flashback to spanish class in middle school / high school 😓
Delvin4519@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s pretty dire. Those aformentioned countries are the only places in which to go where learning a new language isn’t necessary to get permanent citizenship.
To get permanent citizenship in any other country generally requires fluency in the native local language is pretty much all cases.
Even with Canada, since I didn’t take French in middle or high school, that means Quebec is pretty much off the table for me, unless I go through the hassle of learning French as an adult.
Even if Canada could have a threat of invasion from the south, I do not think it would likely succeed, as there are at least 5 border states that are blue/democrat, and Canada would likely get help from other countries. Perhaps Mexico may start a second front from the south siding with Canada, so that there’s 2 fronts to deal with? Canada does have the city of Edmonton located pretty far from the US border, so it is not required to live adjacent to the US border in Canada. I would say that fleeing to Canada is about the same risk as fleeing to Finland or Estonia, and the latter two are in the EU.