> To be clear, my comment below is about separatism in first world nations. If a region is attempting to separate from an oppressive regime,...

In that case, we are talking about a first world state that is also an oppressive regime (jails political opponents, has paramilitary grops, engages in state terrorism against its own people, etc.)

What happens, then? Do you demote spain as third world (I would totally agreee with that) so you that you can still support the people who want to escape?