‘Why and Where?
There are many reasons why people leave their country of birth and go to a far away land. Persecution is probably the main reason, after that famine, natural disasters and last of all economic crises.
We tend to for get that at one time most of the countries in Europe had colonial empires, which explored the unknown world and then exploited resources, and people in to slavery. The bible tells us about many nations ans peoples moving from place to place. Abraham and Moses were traveling great distances in their day.
Genesis 21:34, Exodus 3:12, Jeremiah 41:14-16, Revelation 18:13.
Ask me and I will tell you! 