Historically, the unpleasantness of the Great Depression coincided with the rise of regimes we now regard with slightly varying degrees of negativity. This, plus immigration restrictions in the United States put in place after the Great War, gravely limited safe harbors for refugees from Europe (or Asia) fleeing hostile states.
What if there instead less restricted international migration during the 1930s? Which countries might be candidates to have free(er) immigration or refugee policies?
The British and French Empires also might have enough space to take in a large number, were Paris, London, or the Dominions so inclined. The United States would be a natural destination, but the restriction on immigrants begun in the early 1920s is not an easy thing to overcome, especially a scant decade or so later.
Latin America I regrettably know much less about in terms of their migration policy. Argentina and Uruguay could certainly absorb a large share of European emigrants, and did in previous years. Aside from those two, I'm less knowledgeable on the attractiveness or openness of other Latin American countries.
Now obviously the problem common to the world at this point in history would be the ravages of the Great Depression. High unemployment and political instability apparently doesn't result in great demand for open immigration policies.
In an ATL I'm grinding slowly away at in my spare time, the Great Depression is generally averted in terms of length, and to a significant degree in terms of depth. That leaves the 1930s a time of recovery or growth in large parts of the world, even if the early part of that decade still promotes the rise of unsavory regimes.
So, setting the Great Depression lightly aside for the moment, what do migration patterns look like in such a decade? Who goes where, and in what possible numbers? The British still have plenty of reasons to try limited Jewish migration to Palestine, for example, but might they find opportunities open elsewhere?
What if there instead less restricted international migration during the 1930s? Which countries might be candidates to have free(er) immigration or refugee policies?
The British and French Empires also might have enough space to take in a large number, were Paris, London, or the Dominions so inclined. The United States would be a natural destination, but the restriction on immigrants begun in the early 1920s is not an easy thing to overcome, especially a scant decade or so later.
Latin America I regrettably know much less about in terms of their migration policy. Argentina and Uruguay could certainly absorb a large share of European emigrants, and did in previous years. Aside from those two, I'm less knowledgeable on the attractiveness or openness of other Latin American countries.
Now obviously the problem common to the world at this point in history would be the ravages of the Great Depression. High unemployment and political instability apparently doesn't result in great demand for open immigration policies.
In an ATL I'm grinding slowly away at in my spare time, the Great Depression is generally averted in terms of length, and to a significant degree in terms of depth. That leaves the 1930s a time of recovery or growth in large parts of the world, even if the early part of that decade still promotes the rise of unsavory regimes.
So, setting the Great Depression lightly aside for the moment, what do migration patterns look like in such a decade? Who goes where, and in what possible numbers? The British still have plenty of reasons to try limited Jewish migration to Palestine, for example, but might they find opportunities open elsewhere?