Research Paper on:
The Relationship Between Minority Immigrants and Poverty.

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United States. In Canada, recent immigrants make up over 52% of those under the poverty line in urban areas. Traditionally, immigrants coming into Canada whether skilled or unskilled laborers reached  the average Canadian income in less than 10 years after their arrival. Educated immigrants previously had attained average or above income. Within the last 10 years however, this has not  been the case and educated and professional immigrants are among the poorest population group in Canada along with the uneducated minority immigrants. Part of this is because it had been  felt that due to the decline in the labor market, employers do not recognize the foreign credentials of immigrants but many critics also believe that discrimination plays a large part  as well. Educational programs within Canada and the United States tend to focus on overcoming the language barrier firstly in addition to upgrading any educational or occupational labor skills. Regardless  of the awareness of increased need in this area, many researchers still agree that the greatest barrier for most minority immigrants is racism which unless overcome will continue to reflect  in an unequal representation of immigrant groups in poverty. The Current Situation in Canada In April 2000, the Canadian Council on Social Development  released a report entitled "Urban Poverty in Canada: A Statistical Profile". While this report covered a great many demographics regarding poverty in Canada, it was also found within the report  the relationship between minority immigrants, poverty and education (Lee, 2000). It was found that certain population groups were "more likely than others to be poor" and although the average poverty  rate among all city residents was 24.5 percent, in contrast it was reported that 62.4 of the non-permanent residents lived below the poverty line which was the highest among any