The pandemic that left Canada under strict lockdown, led the country into a state of decline with its immigration.
The report was addressed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on October 28th Thursday.
In a news release, the OECD said “migration flows to OECD countries declined drastically, most of the progress in migrant integration that has been achieved over the past decade wiped out in just one year of the pandemic.”
3.7 million migrants migrated to the 25 countries OECD member countries included in the analysis, 2003 was the lowest. It also showed the highest drop in the flow for immigrations more than 30%, as shown by the report.
The year 2020 saw declines in all sectors, affecting the categories of permanent migration.
Temporary labor also underwent a decline in most of the OECD countries.
- United states: 37%
- Korea: 57%
- Japan: 65%
- Australia: 37%
- Canada: 37%
The vacationers number declined by 58% and the intra-company transfers by 53%, while the flow of seasonal agricultural laborers was affected by 9%.
The study permits fell by 70%in the states as well as Canada, Europeans fell at 40%.
OECD asylum applications fell by 31% in 2020 and the resettlement by 65%
The OECD report shows all through 2020 and 2021, most of OECD nations downsized their movement administrations. To control the spread of COVID-19, passage boycotts were forced on far off nationals and others in many nations.
A majority of countries have put in place all the temporary measures to mitigate the effects of the [pandemic, working with the passage of fundamental laborers or expanding the span of the legitimate status of laborers currently present on their regions just as internet learning for international graduates.
The report has likewise focused on the way that the pandemic has carried light to the difficulties that are now there. The amount that has been contributed into the pre- existing differences between the immigrants and the locals.
The employment rates have been seeing gaps between the foreign and locals, that have grown in the OECD countries.
Director of OECD Stefano Scarpetta stated “Comprehensive and coordinated action is required to avoid the pandemic leads to a lasting setback on the migration front. By seeing the large numbers, such a setback would not only cause a negative economic consequence but instead, it will also cause a threat to the social cohesion at large.”
The countries have implemented post-pandemic improvement plans, Stefano emphasizes the importance that is played to get the required attention to immigrant integration and avoid exacerbating the many disadvantages that have been faced in the market and societies today.
