Yes, but some previously lousily governed countries like China and India have become much better options than they were even ten years ago. The goal is not to have "some kinds of immigrants", it is to have the best.
Not to mention that many of the "best" immigrants (i.e. highly trained, highly educated) have come from first-world industrialized nations to begin with. Political instability and threat of mortal danger is not the only thing that compels people to move.