International researchers are applauding Canada’s efforts at helping newcomers integrate in a report that ranks this country third in how it reaches out to its immigrant population.
Canada placed behind Sweden and Portugal, up two notches compared to last year, in the annual Migration Integration Policy Index released Monday by the British Council and the Migration Policy Group, organizations that track immigration policy in dozens of countries.
About 100 researchers from around the world looked at 150 factors, broken into seven categories, such as access to education and the labour market, family reunion, long-term residence and political rights....Read more
