Immigrants Face and Richard Kurland

Citizenship Immigration Canada: At the other end of the spectrum, almost one-fifth of those from China, Haiti, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Turkey, Colombia, Iran, Morocco, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Algeria, South Korea, Iraq and Taiwan lived below the low income cut-off . The study explained the struggle these poorer immigrants face: They’re the more recent immigrants, they’re less likely to speak English or French, they’re younger, urban and working age and possibly less educated and they come from countries that produce more refugees, according to Toronto Star. Those with better language skills and already with jobs here can assure economic success, said immigration policy analyst Richard Kurland, who obtained the data through a freedom of information request. Based on the 2011 National Household Survey data, Citizenship and Immigration Canada examined the incomes of immigrants from 52 countries, accounting for 86 per cent of the overall immigrant population, to measure which were more likely to have lower incomes People from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Australia, the Philippines, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia and India did as well or better than native-born Canadians, the study said. It is all about their skills, not their skin. The government uses tax data to make immigration policies that bring in more people and more taxes into Canada, said Kurland. It not known who asked for the study and for what purpose, but Kurland said Ottawa has increasingly relied on the tax data to tinker and enforce its immigration laws as in the requirement to submit income tax returns as proofs of physical presence in Canada to maintain permanent resident status or apply for citizenship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.