Many Canadians think more refugees are admitted than actually are. Here’s why that’s a problem
Canadians
are much more likely to overestimate the number of refugees the country
admits every year than to underestimate it, a study shows.
are much more likely to overestimate the number of refugees the country
admits every year than to underestimate it, a study shows.
Asked
to guess the correct number, 61 per cent said they didn’t know, 12 per
cent got the answer right (28,000), while far more overestimated the
number (24 per cent) than underestimated it (3 per cent.)