{
  "id": 556277,
  "title": "Why Emigrants Prefer Democracies and Leave Illiberal States Behind",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/why-emigrants-prefer-democracies-and-leave-illiberal-states-behind",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:18:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Balkan Insight",
    "slug": "balkan-insight",
    "url": "https://balkaninsight.com/2026/08/11/why-emigrants-prefer-democracies-and-leave-illiberal-states-behind/bi/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Justin Gest’s new book explores why people leave less democratic societies for more democratic ones – and whether this outflow makes positive change in the countries they leave behind less likely.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}