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A new report which are the friendliest countries in the world. The HSBC bank the Expat Explorer Survey to find out which countries the most comfortable lifestyles. Researchers people in one hundred different countries May and July 2011. They asked 3,385 respondents to how willing they would be to make different countries their home. The questions were based on how easy it is to make friends with the people; learning the local language; in with the new culture; and integrating into the local community. The top- country was New Zealand, followed by Australia, South Africa, Canada and the United States.

Head of for HSBC, Lisa Wood, said: “As the largest global survey of expats, Expat Explorer us to capture invaluable insights into expat life and how it from country to country, continent to continent and from an expats’ home country of .” The lowest ranked country was the United Arab Emirates, which is as around 80 per cent of the population comprises of expatriates. Many of these are paid labourers who are to be eligible for HSBC’s survey. India finished second . Danish expat Pia Mollback-Verbic said India “is simply a of relentless mental, emotional and practical daily challenges for most non-Indians.”