This is a very good point. Hong Kong thrived by receiving refugees from the Cultural Revolution in neighboring China. The United States thrived by receiving Jew

This is a very good point. Hong Kong thrived by receiving refugees from the Cultural Revolution in neighboring China. The United States thrived by receiving Jewish refugees from pogroms in the Tsarist Russian empire. In general, receiving refugees and allowing them to settle to become neighbors and business partners of the earlier-arrived population is a very good idea for any territory.