Late into the night of Tuesday, November 5, American citizens elected a new president. Donald Trump as President of the United States, after a neck-and-neck race against Kamala Harris. A victory that obviously delighted her activists, but plunged Democratic supporters into deep consternation. So much so, that since the election, research Google to leave the U.S. have surged, notably to Canada, Australia or New Zealand, according to a Google official.

To move to Canada alone, requests exploded by 1270% in the 24 hours following the close of polls on the U.S. East Coast, according to data from the internet giant gathered by Reuters. Similarly, in New Zealand, searches increased by 2000% and in Australia, by 820%.

The majority of Americans voted for him, but some people don’t necessarily feel comfortable in this kind of society any more.

Evan Green, Managing Partner of Canadian immigration law firm Green and Spiegel

These figures are corroborated by those of the Immigration New Zealand website, owned by the New Zealand government, which recorded around 25,000 new American users on November 7, less than 48 hours after the election, compared with just over 1,500 on November 4 and 5, and 7,500 on November 6.

Immigration lawyers in all three countries are also inundated with questions from American citizens. “Every half hour, there’s a new request by e-mail”says Evan Green, managing partner of Canada’s oldest immigration law firm, Green and Spiegel. For Green, there’s nothing trivial about this reaction. “Trump is obviously behind this movement. […]. The majority of Americans voted for him, but some people don’t necessarily feel comfortable in this kind of society anymore. People are afraid of losing their freedoms.”adds the lawyer.