Thank you for further information on page three. The Hurstfield reference might have some sort of relevance, although it is better to leave peacefully than to set words on deaf ears or continue to suffer in silence until the resentment gets too much to live with.

Rather than dwell on the causes of the resentment, which few with ADSL would understand, might it be possible at this point to return to the topic of possible destinations for asylum-seekers from Australia, as opposed to fully-funded formally-qualified ex-pats, with focus on those places which remain warm throughout the year or preferably tropical, as alluded to earlier by Mr Rouge?

As mentioned before, that climatic part is purely for personal health reasons, and time is of the essence for similar reasons. Others may manage to survive cold winters so that maybe of use to them, but we've done enough for the sheep-tourists by now.

New Zealand, Indonesia (esp Bali), Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, China (fit right in in Hong Kong), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, USA, Brazil (via Panama), Practically everywhere in Europe would be places Australians would likely go for- especially New Zealand and America for most I'd imagine (ease of living in another primarilly English-speaking country).

Thank you also for the suggestions, Hazza. I should also mention that I might have given the wrong impression in my mention of 'understand plain English' when I should have written 'understand the native language' for it's part of the assimilation process to learn a new language that reflects the foreign culture in which one happens to live.

Anyway, I received some good news today, and there maybe a chance to find that warmer climate to recover from this illness at long last by the more conventional ex-pat methods, so hopefully not need to fall into the same boat as a poverty-stricken asylum seeker if my luck holds out, and the price of airfares doesn't have to go through the Christmas rush before I can afford the ticket.

With a little luck, that's my problem almost solved, but I hope that there might be other solutions available for others who end up in the same predicament as I have been stuck in for these past three years

No problem Seano! From what I know, expats from English-speaking countries tend to be able to get comfortable lifestyles in all of the above countries.