<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ab13300873dc626008b4c9f-1000/shutterstock691627288.jpg" alt="New Taipei City, Taiwan" data-mce-source="weniliou/Shutterstock" /><p class="source"><span>weniliou/Shutterstock</span></p><p class="caption">Taipei, Taiwan.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Moving to a new country can be exciting, but settling down and finding new friends can also be daunting.</p><p>That's why InterNations, the world's largest network for expats, 13,000 people from 166 countries for their insights on moving to new places. </p><p>The final ranking is based on how friendly locals are to expats, how easy new arrivals find it to make local friends, and how much people want to stay in their new home forever.</p><p>Scroll down to see what these countries are.</p>

These 10 countries are the most welcoming places in the world for expats

10. Canada — where 27% of expat respondents said they were mainly friends with locals. A French expat called Canadians "open-minded, tolerant, and benevolent."

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weniliou/ShutterstockTaipei, Taiwan.Moving to a new country can be exciting, but settling down and finding new friends can also be daunting.That's why InterNations, the world's largest network for expats, 13,000 people from 166 countries for their insights on moving to new places. The final ranking is based on how friendly locals are to expats, how easy new arrivals find it to make local friends, and how much people want to stay in their new home forever.Scroll down to see what these countries are.

weniliou/ShutterstockTaipei, Taiwan. Moving to a new country can be exciting, but settling down and finding new friends can also be daunting.

These 10 countries are the most welcoming places in the world for expats

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