Migration Policy Group and Canada

Canada profile: Although Canada is still considered a welcoming country for newcomers, amid a global tide of anti-immigrant and anti-terror actions, the Migrant Integration Policy Index says Canada shift to the right raises questions about its traditions of inclusion, according to Toronto Star. It is a cause of concern, one that we need to watch, said Thomas Huddleston of the Migration Policy Group, lead author of the European Union-funded, peer-reviewed index. According to the latest world ranking by a Brussels-based think tank, Canada has slipped from third to sixth place among 38 developed countries in providing migrants access to equal rights, support and opportunity. Canada 2015 MIPEX profile will be released in Toronto on Wednesday. Other countries will follow Canada. With Canada rolling back on some provisions from family reunification and citizenship, it is going to have an impact on immigrant integration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.