That's why that space depot on Coruscant in AOTC should've been overflowing with masses of people ala Ellis Island instead of the scant few in the film.
If someone wanted to be "radical" they could even use that background as a reason to move Anakin and Padme's hiding place to Alderaan instead of Naboo. Maybe many, many refugees traveled to Alderaan as well to escape the Clone Wars raging in the outer rim?