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Canada – 30 per cent agree that immigrants take jobs from Canadians survey finds
Canadians have conflicted thoughts about immigrants when it comes to their roles in society and the workforce, according to a CBC News survey designed to capture attitudes on discrimination. Statistics Canada figures indicate there were 6.8 million foreign-born residents in Canada as of 2011. That represents 20.6 per cent of the population, giving Canada the highest proportion of foreign-born … Continue reading
Immigrants in Canada – To welcome 285,000, but 14 per cent of university-educated immigrants who’ve come to Canada in the last five years are without a job
Canada aims to welcome as many as 285,000 new permanent residents next year. The last time Canada admitted as many as 280,000 permanent residents was in 2010. According to the Minister, this is the highest planned total “in recent history,” and is designed to “attract skilled immigrants” who will “help contribute to our economy and … Continue reading
UK – The flipside of the coin on immigration is a welfare system that rewards work, David Cameron says
Mr Cameron suggest more needed to be done to the benefits system to persuade people living in the UK to take jobs on offer. He said: ‘We need to have proper immigration control. We need to do more, both outside the European Union and, frankly, inside the European Union. ‘But the flipside of the coin … Continue reading
10 myths about migration in Europe
Writers from the Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Süddeutsche Zeitung and La Stampa address some common claims about migration and assess whether they are true in their country. ‘They are taking our jobs’ ‘They deplete welfare budgets’ ‘They don’t integrate’ ‘They come here illegally’ ‘Where there are immigrants you’ll find crime’ ‘They dilute our values’ … Continue reading
UK – Employers of migrant workers are doing this to support business growth finds CIPD
The most recent figures from the ONS show that net migration into the UK increased by more than 38% to 243,000 in 2013–14 (ONS, August 2014). EU citizens – including an increased number from Romania and Bulgaria – accounted for two-thirds of the growth from the previous figure of 175,000. Opponents of migrant workers argue … Continue reading
US – Immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 41.3 million according to the Census Bureau
The Census Bureau recently released some of the data from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS). The data show that the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) grew by 1.4 million from July 2010 to July 2013. The data also imply that 3.3 million new immigrants settled in the country in that same period. These … Continue reading
World Migration – 7 facts about it
The United Kingdom is home to the most diverse immigrant community in the world. The French like to live all over the world. The Mexico-to-U.S. link is the most popular bilateral migration path in the world. The number of Indian-born people living outside of India and the number of Chinese-born people living outside China both … Continue reading
Recent Immigrants in Canada – 14 per cent of university-educated are unemployed, 3.3 per cent for Canadian-born university grads
Except today, the prospects for Canada’s most highly educated new Canadians is far more dismal. Unemployment levels for recent immigrants with university degrees hit their highest point since June, 2010 last month. According to data Statistics Canada crunched for Global News, 14 per cent of university-educated immigrants who’ve come to Canada in the last five years are … Continue reading
European Union – Access to middle-skilled work for newly arrived migrants
Over the past 15 years, migration in Europe has changed considerably. The economic boom in the early and mid-2000s and expanded mobility owing to European Union enlargement helped create new populations of migrants from both within and beyond the European Union. These recent migrants are more educated than earlier arrivals and many are highly skilled. Against the backdrop of the … Continue reading
US – The net gain in the number of employed since 2000 has gone to immigrants
Since 2000 all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal). This is remarkable given that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the total working-age population. Though there has been some recovery from the Great Recession, there … Continue reading
Immigration into the United States – An Overview
RECENT IMMIGRATION PATTERNS During the 1990s, more immigrants arrived in the United States than in any previous decade: between 1990 and 2000, the number of foreign-born U.S. residents rose by thirteen million to total thirty-two million. According to the best estimates of demographers, about nine million of these newcomers were legal immigrants. If two million … Continue reading
Foreign-born Workers in US – Unemployment rate at 6.9 percent in 2013, down from 8.1 percent
The unemployment rate for the foreign born in the United States was 6.9 percent in 2013, down from 8.1 percent in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reportedtoday. The jobless rate for the native born fell to 7.5 percent in 2013, also downfrom 8.1 percent in the prior year. Data on nativity are collected … Continue reading
Immigrants in US – Those who came more than 30 years ago were the most likely to speak only English at home Census finds
Those who came to live in the United States more than 30 years ago were the most likely to speak only English at home. The foreign born who have lived in the United States for longer periods were much more likely to speak only English at home than recent entrants to the country (Figure 7). … Continue reading
Migrants accounted for 47% of the increase in the workforce in the United States and 70% in Europe over the past ten years says OECD
The economic impact of migration has been intensively studied but is still often driven by ill-informed perceptions, which, in turn, can lead to public antagonism towards migration. These negative views risk jeopardising efforts to adapt migration policies to the new economic and demographic challenges facing many countries. This edition of Migration Policy Debates looks at … Continue reading
US – Highly educated immigrants raise native wages
mmigrants to the US are drawn from both ends of the education spectrum. This column looks at the effect of highly educated immigrants – in particular, those with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics – on total factor productivity growth. The authors find that foreign STEM workers can explain 30% to 60% of US … Continue reading
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