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Original title: The family plot is staged. . .
(Observer Network News) It’s the American election again, and the family plot of four years ago has been re-enacted: “How to move to Canada”, the search volume in the United States has skyrocketed and many Americans hope to escape of reality “going north”.
Yahoo News reported on November 4 that more and more Americans are anxious, nervous, and fearful about the socio-economic and political situation. With the arrival of General Election Day (November 3, local time), the idea of ”escaping” the United States and moving to the “friendly neighbor” of Canada appeared in the minds of many Americans.
According to Google Trends data, as of 10 pm ET on November 3, searches for “how to move to Canada” by US users increased by at least 700% during the same time on the day. 2. By region, the most searched states are Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, and North Dakota.
Screenshot of Google TrendsPreviously, the “New York Post” also noted this phenomenon. According to the newspaper news on the 3rd, later on Election Day, although the outcome is uncertain, many Americans searched online for how to move to Canada.
The Canadian media, which has been paying close attention to the US elections, also produced relevant reports. According to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) report on the 3rd, an immigration attorney estimated that the number of telephone inquiries he received from Americans on Canadian immigration issues increased by 25% in the past six months.
Screenshot of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reportCanadian immigration attorney Lee Cohen said that “the main topics of the consultation conversation are definitely Trump, this election and the generation of fear and division.” He also said that the tone of these clients was not wavering: “They all want I want to leave the United States when I move to Canada.
In this regard, CBC commented: “Some Americans are seriously considering moving to Canada permanently, especially when the result of the election is the reelection of Trump.”
Rosette Molnar, a medical worker in Waterbury, Connecticut, said she was scared to think of Trump for another four years in power. Molner, a black man, said that under Trump’s leadership, racism is more common than ever in the United States because the president appears to be “fanning” the flames of racism rather than “condemning” it.
Molna said she felt drained in the United States, especially when she opened the news and learned of another black man killed by police. She said, “I think blacks are an endangered species in the United States and I think they are hunting us.”
The CBC report also focused on a website founded by a native of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada, called “If Donald Trump wins the election, please come to Cape Breton.” When Trump first ran for president four years ago, Rob Calabrese made a joke and created this website. Calabrese said that with the advent of this election, the site’s traffic has increased in recent months, “they feel they are not moving in the right direction.”
Screenshot of the website aboveHowever, as the New York Post noted in its report, it is not easy for Americans to move to Canada or change their nationality during the new corona epidemic. A direct obstacle is that the border between the United States and Canada is still closed to prevent the spread of the epidemic across borders. In addition, the Canadian Immigration Service will determine whether a person is eligible for immigration based on their language ability, education, and work experience.
According to CBC reports, Morna, who is ineligible for immigration, attempted to apply for political asylum. However, Cohen, who has worked as an immigration attorney for more than 35 years, said that “it is not very likely” that US citizens will obtain refugee status in Canada.
But he also noted that under some special circumstances, especially for those blacks and Native Americans who have a “reasonable and subjective fear” of continuing to live in the United States, it is still possible to obtain refugee status. Cohen said that if Trump is re-elected, if people’s concerns are realized, the idea of Americans seeking political asylum in Canada is “shocking though” but it will become “a more realistic scenario.”
“There is a feeling that regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s election, the damage has already been done and it will take years to recover,” Cohen added.
