We know immigrants faced all kinds of problems trying to get to the US including the difficulty of the trans-Atlantic voyage. What I did not know was that some of those emmigrating were not transported to the US but were dropped off at a point well short of their hoped for destination. In this source the emmigrants were Russians leaving around 1914 who were left off in the United Kingdom around Cardiff and were told that someone would come for them. The ship captain took money for the trip to the US and did not give them any of their money back. If this really happened I have no way of knowing.
(Source: Fall of Giants by Ken Follette. A novel written in 2010. Page 178)
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