More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years of their arrival, according to a new study.

More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years of their arrival, according to a new study.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    38·
    10 months ago

    “within 20 years”

    I mean… That’s a long enough interval that it’s not a surprising number? Not all immigrants come here because their life is in danger back home, some do because they fell in love and the relationship ends after a while or to find work and they accumulate enough to live comfortably back where they came from or they want to experience the world and after a few years they’re ready to move somewhere else…

    • Otter@lemmy.caMEnglish
      18·
      10 months ago

      When you put it that way, I’m also surprised it’s only 15%. That means for 85% of people, this is where they chose to stay and make a life.

      I’d be curious about how this is changing over time. That would be more insightful

    • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
      2·
      10 months ago

      That was exactly my thought. I’m in the tech industry, and so we work with a high percentage of people on visas and such. A lot of people want to come to the US because of the advantages in salary and exchange rates, but will then move back home after making their nest egg. I’m told you could retire in comfort in India with $1M USD. Combine that with returning to family and culture, and I think that even if this statistic applies only to people with what were long term immigration plans, it seems an entirely reasonable number.