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To travel the World for a year and settle abroad

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Dinosaursloveunderpants1 · 26/03/2026 12:05

I can't get this notion out of my head but I am desperate to move abroad. Where we live (London/Essex) is getting so unsafe and I'm terrified about raising our DS5.

I would love to simply sell up and travel for a year then decide on where to settle however it's not that easy as we have DSC.

DSS 19, DSD 16 and DSD 13. I'd happily have them come with us but they won't want to go. I wondered whether we could consider doing it when youngest is perhaps 16 but I still know it would be too hard to leave.

Do you live in a safe area? What's it like?

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Moonface318 · 26/03/2026 12:10

There are problems absolutely everywhere globally I'm afraid. What are your specific concerns? If it's violent crime for example, why don't you research countries with the least violent crime? If course, that will depend whether you qualify for and will be able to obtain a visa etc for those places. If you do emigrate, you will then have the added problems of how you're perceived and treated as an immigrant to that country.