Blog #9: Chinese hoping ticket out of China is French class

A recent report states that many Chinese migrants are desperate to leave China, despite its prosperity and recent economic growth. More and more of its citizens are rushing to escape the country’s long standing problems such as hazardous pollution and contaminated food and are eager to provide better education prospects to their children. Canada is becoming one of the most favored destinations for migrants, along with the US and Australia, in particularly the province of Quebec. Unfortunately, however, many governments are making it harder to emigrate by imposing new quotas, cutting the professions sought under skilled-worker programs and raising the amount of financial commitment. The province, Quebec, does not, like the rest of Canada. Quebec selects its own immigrants and doesn’t have any “backlog” of applicants like the Canadian national program. The only requirement it has is that the immigrants must demonstrate their knowledge of French.
Immigration is a problem for most of the richest nations in the world causing a flood of immigrants to the point that there are societal conflicts and economic problems, leading to strict immigration laws in these countries. However, the report states that Quebec welcomes the heightened interest from potential immigrants and that there is a growing demand for immigration to French-speaking countries and especially Quebec. At this point, this is the only way out for most immigrants coming from China, as many countries have millions of immigration applications backed up and laws have even been tightened around family sponsored applications.
Just like the many immigration programs that have been put into place, such as the Bracero Program in the US and many others, allows the easy travel and migration to a new destination that needs a population and economic growth. However, many of these programs have led to disaster by accepting more applicants and immigrants than they can handle. In the short term, this seems like a great opportunity for both the Chinese immigrants and the province of Quebec. The Chinese immigrants will flee to a healthier environment with job and educational opportunities, and the province of Quebec will grow economically. But again, just like many others in the past who have set up immigration programs or promoted immigration to their country, it is likely that Quebec may accept more than they can handle, causing an over population, a rescindment of promises and opportunities, and they could end up deporting people back, causing an excess of issues for this province in Canada and contributing to the “on again, off again” cycle of immigration. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120319/as-china-learning-french-to-flee/