INTRODUCTION
The author chose immigration as the topic of this report to rationalize and review its various aspects which will serve as the grounding to expand the author’s business in immigration based countries like Canada.
The report encompasses the most preferred countries for immigration, immigration policies in Australia, Canada and the United States, and the economic impact of immigration. The report does not cover refugee immigration, illegal immigration and the negative impacts of immigration.
There has been an increase in immigration to various countries in recent years. Different immigration policies are adapted by various countries. There are a few flaws in the point based immigration policy of Canada and measures are being taken by the local government to rectify this. Immigration is important in the economic growth of a particular country. There can be a lot of variance between the immigration policies of different countries.
Most of the information in this report has been sourced from the secondary data of the St. Clair College library sources and from the website www.therichest.com. Other references are taken from Canadian Ethnic Studies, International Migration, Journal of Population Economics.
GLOBAL IMMIGRATION SCENARIO
Yearly, a large number of people around the globe choose to immigrate to other countries, and this rate is expected to increase in near future.
People immigrate to other countries due to various complex reasons. Some are
Immigration issues have been a problem throughout history. This Society holds different perceptions on the topic. Some people favor the flow of immigrants while others oppose it. Immigration is a social problem that must constantly be reviewed due to the complexity of the problems. In this situation, different factors such as the quality of life for immigrants, how they impact the economy, how the implementation of policies would benefit them, have to be taken into consideration. Immigration policies affect all aspects of today’s society. The key figures in the immigration issue are immigrants, documented/undocumented, political figures.
Throughout the last three decades, increasing numbers of Asians have migrated to Canada from all over the Asian continent. Currently, 44% of the Vancouver area population is of Asian descent (Statistics Canada, 2001). Immigrants commonly occupy skilled job positions that the host nation is unable to fill with its own citizens, and thus they offer many advantages to their receiving country. In a nation with a declining birthrate, such as Canada, their contribution can play a major role on multiple levels. The immigrants themselves often enjoy a greater earning potential than they did in their native country, which can be advantageous for those who wish to send money back home to support their families.
Immigration can be defined as passing foreigners to a country and making it their permanent residence. Reasons ranging from politics, economy, natural disasters, wish to change ones surroundings and poverty are in the list of the major causes of immigration in both history and today. In untied states, immigration comes with complexities in its demographic nature. A lot of cultural and population growth changes have been witnessed as a result of immigration. In the following paper, I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America.
Immigration is of great economic and social benefit to Canada. It’s an important role in developing our economy, and it shapes the nation into a multicultural nation. Immigration is a significant role in building our economy, providing growth in the labor force, making a strong economy, and becoming a multicultural nation.
Immigration has grown to become a big aspect in today’s society in Canada. Most cities have welcomed immigration, although mainly portrayed in bigger cities. Immigration in Canada has come with its share of pros as well as its share of cons. The pros with the immigration in Canada starts off with the racial blending of persons in the community, giving future generations a more positive outlook towards equality for all races because they grow up in a world that, for them, hasn’t seen racial and cultural inequality. In my opinion, in a world where children aren’t aware of the cultural and racial inequalities that had been put forth in the generations before them is an enormous strength to immigration for the fact that every person has a right to life and liberty and to have those ideas implanted in the generations to come is detrimental to a working society. Cons found in immigration in Canada fall in employment. The more people immigrate to Canada, the more jobs are being filled leaving others without any. The Immigration Refugee Board is able to offer a wide
The immigrant act was established in the parlimement of Canada in 1976, the main focus was not to discriminate who should not be allowed into Canada act, however it gave power to individual provinces, so they set out their own immigration rules and regulations called “forbidden classes” to continue forbidden classes refers to people who may be seen as a burden to the general society, also only independent immigrants were asked to take part in the points system. The levels of government involved were provincial and federal the responsibility’s are divided between the two levels of governments, the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over deciding how many immigrants are accepted into Canada and the provincial governments job is is
There needs to be reform not only the issue of illegal immigration but also on legal immigration and refugee and asylum policies; the three main reforms that I will cover in this paper. Current immigrant policy allows for around 1 million immigrants allowed into this country every year. Although this may seem like a low number compared to the current population of nearly 300 million people who currently live in the unites states the
The commission recommended imposing a $10 duty on each Chinese person seeking entry into Canada. Furthermore, in this situation Canada did not have the most preeminent immigration history, as the Chinese workers had to pay for their own food, clothing, transportation to the job site, mail, and medical care, leaving barely enough money to send home, unlike their white co-workers. One of the many resilient moments in Canada’s immigration history had been the modern immigration from Syria to Canada. The Syrian immigrants had fled their country as a cause of a 5 year civil war, the country had corruption, lack of resources, and many disasters. Normally Canada accepts approximately 250,000 immigrants each year, in order to compromise to the current state of Syria, Canada has agreed to increase their yearly allowance of immigrants to accommodate more Syrian refugees. The effort made by Canada had been recognized internationally as a very helpful act, that will subsequently help many of those in need. Furthermore, in the past Canada had been the most welcoming to immigrants who came to populate the settlements around East, West, and central
Their new arrival helped defend and build their country’s way of life ("The government of Canada," n.d.) Immigration has been a major influence on the development of their society and plays a huge role in their economy. Their economy job market is broken into three different categories which include service, natural resources and manufacturing.
Canada is a country that is known as a "mosaic" of people and cultures, meaning; it opens it arms to immigrant families and gives them the freedom to express their own cultural values, ideas, beliefs and customs. It is this system that welcomes thousands and thousands of immigrants a year with open arms and the idea of a better life. This idea however, is sometimes not always as easy as it is thought to be. Though Canada is an amazing country for immigrants to start a new life and get better education, health care, and job opportunities, immigrant families are met with many challenges before they are able to become accustom to their new life. It is important to understand the true difficulty of the "Immigrant Experience" and the impact it has on families including adults as well as children. If it is easier to understand the difficulties immigrant families go through in search of a better life in Canada there can be more resources made to help them. It is important to take into consideration each individual difficulty that is faced and properly research each factor in order to have a better understanding on how to make the complete economic and societal integration of immigrants happen faster. There is a number of categories that relate to the integration of immigrants into society and a number of steps they must take to be a part of Canadian society. In order to understand these steps they have to be thoroughly researched.
Immigration affects the size and development of the canadian population. It has a major impact on the social-cultural structure as we can observe through ethnicity, language and a noticeable minority status. We can see through many different aspects how immigrants bring to canada a part of their culture. Multiculturalism is a big part of what makes this province what it
Canada’s society is changing rapidly throughout the years due to the integration of hundreds of thousands of new immigrants. Having this many new immigrants yearly can have a very positive and negative effect on Canada’s demographics. Canada’s natural population growth cannot sustain its economic growth, therefore having new immigrants would be ideal. However, the cost to keep and maintain these immigrants are very high and could lower productivity rates.
The growth of a country is closely related to its population growth and can meet the needs of economic development. As a result, immigration can be the best way to save the economy when domestic population growth can not meet economic requirements. Since the 1970s, population growth in developing countries has slowed, leading to slower economic growth. Labor shortages in countries such as the UK, France and Germany have led to a severe recession. However, countries such as Canada have experienced great economic prosperity as new immigrants have been injected into the Canadian economy. It is therefore important for the Government to understand the immense impact of migration on the domestic economic boom. One of the most striking examples is
The quantity of individuals who are into Canada is consistently expanding as seen somewhere around 2001 and 2006, the quantity of remotely conceived individuals expanded by 13.6%, and by, 2006 Canada had developed to have 34 ethnic groups with no less than one hundred thousand individuals each, of which eleven have more than 1,000,000 individuals and various others are spoken to in littler sums. 16.2% of the populace self-distinguishes as a noticeable minority (Statistics Canada, 2011). This massive immigration has ensured that multiculturalism in Canada has never faced any threat of collapse. The Canadians know that the only way different cultures are going to strive in the country is by supporting legal immigration of people from various parts of the world into the country. By allowing the settlement of immigrants, multiculturalism in Canada was being
It is irrefutable that everyone wants to live in peace and harmony with Ample of income resources that can lead them to enjoy their life to the fullest. Recent trends depicts that Canada is one of the favorite nation of People, especially of the Asian masses for migration, they choose Indians use to come to Canada Under various categories such as skilled and federal skilled workers Especially, nurses, doctors and health care employees; scientists, engineers and IT workers. Unemployment, safety concerns, overpopulation, value of Canadian dollar as compared to Indian rupee leads Brain drain of Indian professionals to Canada, where they can get a better lifestyle than their home country.