Outbound Migration

[Rockslinger]

about 8% (2.8 million people) of the Canadian Population lived outside of Canada.

Interesting. I wonder how that compares to other countries. For example, do 8% of people born in China or India now live abroad?

 

[mrsCALoki]

Interesting. I wonder how that compares to other countries. For example, do 8% of people born in China or India now live abroad?

That is a different question. The 2.8 million are sill Canadian Citizens living outside Canada. Once they stop being Canadians they stop being Expats.

In 2012 Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) estimated that there are 5.5 million expat Britons if that helps.

Note that does not include part time and students living abroad.

I remember China had about 1/2 million students abroad last year .

 

[Rockslinger]

estimated that there are 5.5 million expat Britons if that helps

Bunch of bloody colonists! Just kidding.

Did you know that 400 billion (more or less) people currently living outside Ireland, Britain or Spain can trace their pedigree back to Ireland, Britain or Spain:Eek:? I find the history of human migration very interesting.

 

[mrsCALoki]

Bunch of bloody colonists! Just kidding.

Did you know that 400 billion (more or less) people currently living outside Ireland, Britain or Spain can trace their pedigree back to Ireland, Britain or Spain:Eek:? I find the history of human migration very interesting.

My mon 1/2 English but raised in Hong Kong.

 

[Rockslinger]

My mon 1/2 English but raised in Hong Kong.

In the days preceding the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in WW II, many White women left for safer areas but almost all the nurses and nuns stayed. When Hong Kong, the Phillippines and Singapore fell, the Japanese were delighted they captured so many White women.

 

[mrsCALoki]

In the days preceding the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in WW II, many White women left for safer areas but almost all the nurses and nuns stayed. When Hong Kong, the Phillippines and Singapore fell, the Japanese were delighted they captured so many White women.

oh my !!!!

 

[RandyAndy2]

In the days preceding the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in WW II, many White women left for safer areas but almost all the nurses and nuns stayed. When Hong Kong, the Phillippines and Singapore fell, the Japanese were delighted they captured so many White women.

Do you really have to talk about Japanese wartime atrocities every time you see the word "Japan", or even any location captured by the Japanese during WW2? Get over your hate, man.

 

[youwontknow]

Japanese man have a fetish for caucasian women don't know what's the deal?

 

[Samurai Joey]

Getting back to the point, I have a friend of mine who was born in China, grew up in Toronto, finished his undergraduate degree at U of T, went to the US to pursue his PhD, and lived and worked in Singapore, Munich, and New York City. He is now currently living in Dubai, working as an advisor to the United Arab Emirates government.

 

[Samurai Joey]

Yes, as do I. Actually several over the years.
What was the reason why your friends went to live in Israel?

Petzel may best be able to answer this, but I suspect the Jewish families went to live in Israel as a way of reconnecting their sense of religious and political identity as Jews. There is a term in Hebrew for those members of the Jewish diaspora migrating to Israel, called "aliyah".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah

 

[Rockslinger]

I suspect the Jewish families went to live in Israel as a way of reconnecting their sense of religious and political identity as Jews.

Sounds good. For 4,000 years the Jews never had a piece of land they could call home. Now they have a sliver of land call Israel.

 

[Petzel]

Sounds good. For 4,000 years the Jews never had a piece of land they could call home. Now they have a sliver of land call Israel.

Thank you and Israel will never surrender.

 

[Petzel]

Petzel may best be able to answer this, but I suspect the Jewish families went to live in Israel as a way of reconnecting their sense of religious and political identity as Jews. There is a term in Hebrew for those members of the Jewish diaspora migrating to Israel, called "aliyah".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah

Yes and it doesn't matter where you now reside. If you're Jewish you get the right to immigrate to and live in Israel. All Jews are citizens of Israel.

 

[Rockslinger]

Yes and it doesn't matter where you now reside. If you're Jewish you get the right to immigrate to and live in Israel. All Jews are citizens of Israel.

Did they ever find the "lost tribe"? Apparently, they took a wrong turn and ended up somewhere in China (we think).

 

[Petzel]

I actually used to work for some orthodox Jews who were descended from one of the 12 original tribes. They were Coens (like Cohen)
I knew another one who was a Levitt (Levite)

 

[Samurai Joey]

Yes and it doesn't matter where you now reside. If you're Jewish you get the right to immigrate to and live in Israel. All Jews are citizens of Israel.

Petzel, technically you are not correct in stating that all Jews are actual citizens of Israel -- all Jews have the right to immigrate to, live in, and become citizens of Israel. Obviously a Jewish person has to exercise that right to become a citizen.

 

[Samurai Joey]

I actually used to work for some orthodox Jews who were descended from one of the 12 original tribes. They were Coens (like Cohen)
I knew another one who was a Levitt (Levite)

From my understanding, all current Jewish populations claim to be descended from 3 of the original 13 tribes of Israel: Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. Within the tribe of Levi there are the two priestly castes: the Cohanim, who by tradition claim to be the direct descendants of Moses's brother Aaron, the first High Priest of the Israelites (i.e. ancient Hebrews), and the Levites, who by tradition claim to be the direct descendants of Moses himself.

 

[canada-man]

Sounds good. For 4,000 years the Jews never had a piece of land they could call home. Now they have a sliver of land call Israel.

Judaism emerged around 700-400 BC about 2500 years ago

From my understanding, all current Jewish populations claim to be descended from 3 of the original 13 tribes of Israel: Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. Within the tribe of Levi there are the two priestly castes: the Cohanim, who by tradition claim to be the direct descendants of Moses's brother Aaron, the first High Priest of the Israelites (i.e. ancient Hebrews), and the Levites, who by tradition claim to be the direct descendants of Moses himself.

Moses and the rest of the Bible stories about the 12 tribes are myths which are debunked by Israeli Archeology

 

[Carlyn Moore]

I have quite a few friends and former colleagues who've moved out of Canada permanently. The reason are all over the map, but examples that come to mind are:
-warmer weather (moved to Australia, Argentina, Jamaica)
-higher education (Australia, France, England - ended up staying post-studies)
-employment (US, Belize, Honduras)
-more traditional/affordable boarding school for kids (India - they also have roots there)
-return migration of 1st generation Canadians (Hong Kong, Singapore, Poland - often to be closer to ailing family)

 

[Rockslinger]

The reason are all over the map,

Sounds like the extended Rockslinger family. We are everywhere. The first Rockslingers in Australia went there because they were offered "free" passage. Some Rockslingers move around the globe to keep one step ahead of their creditors.