Justin Ryan and New Brunswick

desperate circumstances: Justin Ryan, the public education and communications coordinator with MAGMA, says people immigrating to New Brunswick used to come in far more desperate circumstances. "Traditionally, it was economic. 'I come here, I've got a dollar in my pocket and a dream in my heart,'" said Ryan. "Now we're getting people who are coming here who are much more well educated, much more affluent; however the barriers are more in terms of turning their experience and professional skills into something that is useful for us locally," he said, according to CBC. Ryan says fewer than 10 per cent of MAGMA total clients are refugees. "Around 80 per cent of immigrants who come to New Brunswick actually come under the provincial nominee program. Justin Ryan, Public Education and Communications coordinator with MAGMA, says more and more new Canadians are from South East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. So they're coming here as well-educated professionals. Zohreh Rad came to New Brunswick from Iran under the provincial nominee program. They're coming here with higher language skills, and they're coming here as entrepreneurs," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.