Millionaire Migrants

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Robert Frank, For Millionaire Immigrants, a Global Welcome Mat. More than ever, the very rich are moving. And the top destination is Australia. New York Times, Feb 26, 2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/ ... stralia-canada.html

Quote:

(a) "Last year, a record 82,000 millionaires moved to another country, according to a new study [which started four years ago]. While their numbers are a small fraction of the world’s migratory population, and of the world’s millionaires, wealthy people are being courted and cosseted by host countries like never before. * * * According to New World Wealth, a market research firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa * * * New World Wealth’s data includes only millionaires who have physically moved to a country for a period of at least six months. It uses surveys, real-estate data and research with relocation firms and other specialists for its estimates.

(b) "Australia is now the world’s top destination for millionaires, beating the United States for the second straight year, according to New World Wealth. An estimated 11,000 millionaires moved to Australia in 2016, compared with the 10,000 who moved to the United States.

"Canada ranked third, with 8,000, followed by the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand.

"As for countries that millionaires are fleeing, France tops the list, with 12,000 moving out during 2016. China ranked second, with 9,000, followed by Brazil, India and Turkey.

"Mr [Andrew] Amoils[, head of research at New World Wealth,] said Australia was especially attractive to Chinese millionaires, given its relative proximity, its wide choice of private schools, its clean environment and its political and economic stability. Australia, like many countries, has also created money-for-visa programs to make it easier for rich immigrants to move in and become citizens. * * * Mr Amoils said the main reason millionaires are leaving China is to educate their children in Western or Australian schools

(c) "Reaz H Jafri, a New York-based partner at Withers Worldwide, a law firm that helps wealthy clients move and relocate around the world. * * * Mr Jafri of Withers Worldwide said that personal safety goes hand in hand with education for many of the world’s millionaires when considering a move. Many of his clients are Latin Americans seeking a haven from kidnapping and crime. 'My clients say, "In New York, I can walk my daughter to Brearley, while in Buenos Aires we have to get into an armored car," '  Mr Jafri said.

My comment:
(a) The cn.nytmes.com has not translated this report.
(b) History. Withers Worldwide, undated
www.withersworldwide.com/about-us/history
("1896[:  Englishmen] John Withers and his brother start a new partnership called Withers and Withers" in London)

While its worldwide head offices are in New York City (chairman) and London (managing director), its Asia office 衛達仕律师事务所 was opened in Hong Kong in 2008 -- and remains the only one in Asia (there is no office in Beijing or Shanghai, that is).
(c)
(i) Brearley School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brearley_School
(ii) Tuition & Financial Assistance. Brearley School, undated (under the tap "Admission" in top horizontal bar)
https://www.brearley.org/page/ad ... inancial-assistance
("2016–2017 TUITION[:]  K–XII $45,600")

They do not wear uniform.