If you are a Syrian refugee, seeking asylum in Great Britain, you have to buy a berth on a crowded inflatable boat. You climb aboard before dawn on a beach on the north coast of France. Many of you are forced aboard by people smugglers. You are frightened but hope that you will make it into British waters. Later, the authorities will process you and the lengthy asylum granting process will begin. You will have little money and officially at least you won't be allowed to work. The years ahead will be quite miserable.
If you are a rich Russian oligarch, seeking a new home in England, you will fly in aboard a private jet. Then a chauffeur-driven car will whisk you away to an expensive hotel or to the luxurious mansion you bought ahead of time. Nobody will investigate your finances, focusing on how you actually accrued that wealth. You will have a special visa giving you residency rights and soon you will be visiting Ascot or mingling with other oligarchs in Michelin starred restaurants. Your children will attend the best fee-paying schools. The years ahead will be fine and dandy.
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