immigration can be observed as a form of colonial extraction, taking the (human) resources from the periphery, to the core of empire. Thankfully India is big en

immigration can be observed as a form of colonial extraction, taking the (human) resources from the periphery, to the core of empire. Thankfully India is big enough to sustain small loss of population. Peripheral countries in Europe though - Bulgaria, Romania, Greece even - lost huge volumes of the youngest and most talented. Latin America to North America another pathway for the flow of these resources