DESPITE...

...famine, ailments, etc, just check where's the higher population growth in the world and think about the future of your children, grand-children...

I can't avoid thinking that if all able men who so 'valiantly' try to reach our shores, were instead using that same energy to overthrow their national warlords, they'd probably win. But then, the winner would become the next warlord, wouldn't he? That's what happened ever since African Nations 'won' their freedom.