Canada least likely to face immigration backlash: OECD
June 30, 2009
PARIS — Canada is among the western democracies least likely to develop an anti-immigrant backlash, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said here Tuesday after presenting a report urging western democracies to keep their ports of entry open to newcomers despite the economic crisis.
The OECD said the recession has disproportionately hurt migrants and called on member countries to come up with better programs to help struggling immigrants adapt in their new homelands.
“Migration remains a politically delicate issue and one easily exploited for electoral ends,” advised the OECD, a Paris-based think-tank funded by Canada and 29 other member countries to provide governments with economic and social policy advice.
But officials acknowledged after presenting their new report on global migration trends that Canada doesn’t appear to be one of the countries at risk of an anti-immigrant backlash.
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Source : Peter O’neil
