They don't want Donald Trump. If the ballot boxes spoke on November 6 and more than half of American voters expressed their wish to see the Republican candidate return for a second term, others are looking for an escape by inquiring about the steps to follow to move and leave the United States, reports Reuters.
Indeed, Google searches for “moving to Canada” jumped 1,270% in the 24 hours after polls closed on the east coast of the United States on Tuesday. Similar searches for moving to New Zealand soared by almost 2,000%, while those for Australia jumped 820%, according to data from the US IT giant. Google searches on emigration have reached historic highs for these three countries, says a Google official.
In addition to the numerous searches carried out on the famous search engine, it is the immigration portals of these countries which have observed a considerable increase in the number of visits to their site. Data from the Immigration New Zealand website showed that the site had registered some 25,000 new American users on November 7, the day after the announcement of Donald Trump's victory, compared to just 1,500 the day before. election and on the same day in 2023.
“Every half hour there’s a new email request,” said Evan Green, managing partner of Green and Spiegel, Canada’s oldest immigration law firm. “Trump is obviously responsible for this momentum, but it is also a societal factor. The majority of Americans voted for him and some people no longer necessarily feel comfortable in this type of society. People are afraid of losing their freedoms,” Evan Green said.
After the first election of Donald Trump in 2016, a sudden enthusiasm for expatriation was also observed on the other side of the Atlantic.
