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the difference in your list is minimal: the UK and US are within 2% of the first large/medium sized country on the list (Germany)

• derriz 6y ago
  The claim was that "the US and the UK have the most open immigration policies". If you have any statistics to support this claim, please provide a reference. The statistics I referred to (proportion of foreign born residents) seem to clearly indicate that this claim is untrue. And "within 2%" is a disingenuous response: why not say "below"? And why compare the percentages by absolute difference? A 2% difference when we're talking about proportions around the 15% level is significant.
  • blibble 6y ago
    it's not my claim, so I have no need to defend anything in terms of the G7, from your list we have: Canada (21.3%) Germany (15.7%) US (15.4%) UK (14.1%) France (12.8%) Italy (10.4%) Japan (2%) Canada and Japan are the outliers, not the US or the UK
    • derriz 6y ago
      This has gotten a bit bizarre. The OP made a claim that the US and the UK have the most liberal immigration policies. I responded that that doesn't seem to be case and provide OECD numbers which support my contention. You express disagreement - while re-quoting numbers which show that the US and UK do NOT have the most liberal immigration policies. I honestly don't know what you are arguing because nothing you've said has supported the original contention.