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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://blog.remitly.com/immigration/family-faith-work-the-people-and-places-welcoming-immigrants/\nFamily, Faith, Work: the people and places welcoming immigrants\nImage: Ricardo Moraleida (CC BY-SA 2.0)\nMigration is an emotional journey, as much as a physical one.\nLeaving behind family and friends is never easy. Arriving in a new country can be even harder – a dizzying mix of excitement and optimism, sometimes also loneliness and fear.\nReceiving a warm welcome makes all the difference, whether it is a group of relatives waiting at the airport, or just a friendly greeting from a neighbor.\nRemitly customers have been telling us about the welcomes that made them feel at home when they first arrived.\nWe surveyed 1,000 people, and the results are heartwarming, and occasionally surprising.\nWe asked:\nWho were the people that made you feel most welcome, arriving in a new country\nWhat were the organisations or groups that made you feel most welcome\nFamily first… but not for everyone\nMost welcoming person: all nationalities\nNearly half (49%) of respondents said that family living in the new country made them feel most welcome.\nFriends who had already moved there came second (17%).\nOne notable exception was Indian immigrants living in the United States who said that their co-workers (34%) gave the best welcome.\nIn the UK, however, Indians rated family first (41%), followed by friends (27%) and then co-workers (19%).\nWhat can explain the difference?\nThe UK has seen several generations of immigration from its former colonies, including India (since the 1948 British Nationality Act), meaning that new arrivals are likely to have a significant extended family or friends waiting in Britain.\nIn the US, Indian immigration prior to the 1990s was relatively low. Today many Indians move to the US for highly skilled jobs (75% of H1-B Visas go to Indians). With so many people moving for work, and a relatively short history if Indian migrations, perhaps it is not surprising that Indians feel most welcomed by their workplace.\nWork narrowly beats worship for a warm welcome\nMost welcoming organization: all nationalities\nWorkplace-based groups, such as unions, office social clubs and associations, were reported as giving the warmest welcome of any organisation (19%), slightly ahead of religious institutions (18%).\nHowever, there was some variation within the different national groups surveyd:\nJust as Indians reported that co-workers were the first individuals to extend the hand of friendship, they also felt that workplace groups (34%) were most welcoming, followed by school or university (18%) then religious organisations (12%) .\nImmigrants from Mexico (22%) and the Philippines (22%) – both traditionally Catholic countries – found religious organisations most welcoming.\nHowever, considering responses just from Filipinos in the UK, workplace-based groups (24%) were slightly ahead of religious institutions (18%).\nThis may be due to the high number of Filipinos employed in Britain's National Health Service (18,000). Many staff are recruited directly from the Philippines so it is likely that their first point of contact is with their new colleagues within the NHS, even if they go on to find a church later.\nMyth of the friendly neighbor?\nWe've all seen it on TV – the friendly neighbor who turns up with a casserole or home-made cookies to welcome the new family to the area.\nIt might still happen, but there's little evidence in the Remitly survey. Just 2% of respondents said that their neighbors provided the first, or warmest welcome.\nThere was also no mention of neighbors in the written comments of 1,000+ people who took the survey.\nCould it be that the days of neighborliness have passed?\nIt is more likely that making friends with our neighbors is a slow-burn, something that happens some time after people are settled and have been made to feel welcome by others.\nThe idea of the people next-door coming to say hello as you unload the moving van may not exist, but that doesn't mean that we don't eventually get to know our neighbors.\n[Note: Remitly surveyed 1,064 customers during June 2019]\nThis publication is provided for general information purposes only and is not intended to cover all aspects of the topics discussed herein. This publication is not a substitute for seeking advice from an applicable specialist or professional. 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