Their children, of course, are far more flexible, quickly taking on the habits, accents and manners of their new country and assimilating more easily. More than once, usually late at night after some glasses of good Aussie wine, the odd SA emigrant would confide that he or she missed home and would happily return but for the fact that the children now thought, spoke and acted like the Australians they had become. Others, of course, have no regrets whatsoever. They adjusted quickly and made happy and fulfilling lives and careers for themselves and their families. I say good luck to them.
Some emigrants can be quite objectionable.
I remember a certain David Gonsky, an oleaginous type whose family had emigrated to Australia when he was quite young. He was, in fact, and regrettably, a member of the board of the company I ran, representing the interests of that epitome of culture and learning, Kerry Packer. This, would you believe, from one who takes Packer's silver. In his case I would side with Madiba.