Canada Beats U.S. in Knowledge of Newcomers (Toronto Star)

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May 26, 2009

  


The Toronto Star features CGD's new migration report and quotes CGD research fellow Michael Clemens.

From the article:

"Canada receives a rare A in the Centre for Global Development's (CGD) report card on the degree to which countries probe the back-story of newcomers. Five other countries - including Australia, Malta and Tonga - share Canada's lead.

The U.S. earns a B grade, based on its lack of curiosity in questions posed to new arrivals by census takers, according to the blue-ribbon panel's report, Migrants Count: Five Steps Toward Better International Migration Data."

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