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Immigrants take brunt of recession, recover less quickly
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Employment among Canadian-born workers fell 1.6 per cent over the past year, compared with a 5.7-per-cent decline among immigrants who have been in the country for five years or less, according to Statistics Canada research prepared for The Globe and Mail. Immigrants who have lived here for at least a decade fared slightly better: Their level of unemployment dropped 3 per cent, still nearly double the rate of people born in Canada.
But past recessions show immigrants have greater difficulty re-entering the labour force even after the economy rebounds.
And for newcomers who are forced to accept jobs below their qualifications, the damage to their careers is often permanent – a term dubbed “the scarring effect.”
The longer the recession lasts, the more likely skilled immigrants like Mr. Lobana are to settle for lesser jobs to pay the bills. But research shows it's difficult for workers to maintain their professional skill sets if they stay underemployed too long.
For those who are out work for more than two years, “the scarring on their career trajectory is significant and will outlast the recession,” said Elizabeth McIsaac, executive director of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council. “We may never get those skills back into the economy.”
