Quote wrencat1873="wrencat1873"Indeed.
It does make you wonder what the UK has, thet, say, France or Germany (or any other EU country) hasn't got.'"
A big factor is probably language. There are more English speakers either as a first or second language than any other; it will make resettlement significantly easier if you can speak the language of that country. Leaving out the ease of the processes as I have no knowledge, I think it's probably appealing to go to somewhere which already has a sizeable community of people from the same country and we are quite a welcoming country anyway - despite what some on this forum would have you believe.