The destination of comfort is no longer comfortable enough, and Canada, the "paradise" that was portrayed as the life destination for those who saw it as a gateway to opportunities, has turned into a hell for its visitors, and according to "numbers" has become a headline for the emigration of immigrants.

Official data talks about 42,000 people who left Canada in the first half of 2023, and a Canadian government report issued in February 2024, whose authors studied a huge amount of information related to immigrants who set foot in Canada since the 1980s, states that more than 15% of the total immigrants between 1982 and 2017 left Canada during the first years of their arrival.

So, what are the reasons?

And what lies behind the paradise that expels its visitors?

Housing, this challenge worries everyone who intended to go to Canada or will do so, as besides exhausting distances due to the vastness of the land and the tiring commute and complicated rental conditions, the opportunities for good housing is a problem suffered by

immigrants under continuous rises in the monthly rent rate, the latest of which was a comparison between 2022 and 2023, where the rate reached 2078 dollars per month last year as a minimum estimate, about 9% higher than the rent in 2022.

If you are an information engineer or similar, your chances of getting a job in Canada may be higher, where the average salary of a software engineer is about 89 thousand Canadian dollars per year.

But other than this, most of those who narrated their suffering spoke of severe difficulties in finding a job opportunity in light of the obstacles imposed by the government for certificate adjustments and licenses required for any work, where many were forced to change their professions or study again in order to meet the application conditions for any job in the Canadian labor market.

What worries Middle Easterners who settled in Canada or are thinking about this the most, is the idea of cultural integration in Canadian society, especially for their children who will immerse themselves in an environment that may not resemble their customs, especially with the spread of homosexuality and the promotion of its culture in schools at a very early age, which creates a problem far exceeding the few activities for Arab communities, and the snowy weather throughout the year, which may require some to seek psychological treatment because of it.

Between 80,000 to 90,000 immigrants left Canada between 2021 and 2022, in a reverse migration phenomenon that reached a historic peak, reaching levels about 31% higher than the historical average according to "Reuters".

So, did the negatives really outweigh the positives of the "passport" dream for Canada's immigrants?