Most websites about non-western immigration tend to be either by immigration restrictionists or pro-immigration liberals. The Canadian site NotCanada (hat tip: Elliot Lake News) takes a different tack. It looks at immigration from the perspective of immigrants who have given up on trying to settle in Canada and have returned to their homelands, feed up with life in the over-hyped West.
Personally I find some of the claims of prejudice against immigrants a little overblown, but I do have sympathy for immigrants who have come to a western country under false promises, and have been ripped off by greedy governments, employment agencies and immigration lawyers.
Life in North America and Australasia may be better than in many less developed countries, but that doesn't mean they're lands of milk of honey. Crime, traffic congestion, living costs, and bureaucracy are all on the increase, and big business and government are not providing prospective immigrants with realistic, objective information about job opportunities (maybe we should have independent bodies to assess labour needs?).
For example, there's no point in the Canadian government allowing in more doctors from non-western countries, if it doesn't think such doctors are adequately qualified to work in a western hospital. Such a policy will inevitably anger both immigrants, who will feel exploited and deceived, and locals who will perceive it as a cynical way of bringing in cheap labour.
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The problem with Canadian immigration system is that instead of taking undereducated or uneducated people who are well-fit for working in jobs like burger king and cabbies, they invite highly educated guys and gals like MS and PHD degree holders from countries around the world. Isn't it a waste to solicit a PHD in say, electrical engineering and then expect him to drive a taxi for a living, and recover all his immigration expenses. If the immigrants lack communication skills or educational credentials they must be screened out during the process of getting a immigrant visa, not while after they've arrived to Canada.
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