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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The Problem with International Migration from India -Gian Singh

The Problem with International Migration from India -Gian Singh

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published Published on Jan 29, 2021   modified Modified on Feb 1, 2021

-TheCitizen.in

The losses outweigh the gains

A report released on January 15 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that India has the highest number of international migrants in the world. It found that last year 18 million Indians were living abroad, followed by Mexico 11 million, Russia 11 million, China 10 million, and Syria 8 million. It estimates that 10 million or 1 crore Indians emigrated abroad in the period 2000–10.

Traces exist of the earliest human beings migrating from place to place in search of food, water and safety. When we learnt to raise livestock and crops, villages and towns whose traces we can recognise came into being. We migrated from village to village, from village to town, or from town to village in order to live. International migration too has occurred for many centuries, by people dreaming of a better life, living with family, or fleeing the deadly effects of wars, violence or ecological destruction.

There are two types of international migration from India: first, workers who are categorised as ‘unskilled’ or ‘semi-skilled’ and who migrate mostly to the Gulf countries. Second, the semi-skilled workers, professionals, students who migrate to the advanced capitalist countries.

Indian emigrants have gained and lost for themselves and their country at the same time. During the freedom struggle, they not only provided financial support but also gave birth to the Gaddar Movement, making a valuable and commendable contribution to the country’s independence from British rule. To date most emigrants to the Gulf send money home to their families. Even some first-generation emigrants to the advanced capitalist countries send money to their families, but the trend is rapidly declining now.

With remittances earned from abroad, the families of international migrants prospered, and could contribute to the development of their provinces and country. The knowledge gained by emigrants from India about the economic progress made in other parts of the world, and the social, cultural, political values of other societies, also benefited the country.

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TheCitizen.in, 29 January, 2021, https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/19942/The-Problem-with-International-Migration-from-India?fbclid=IwAR2gD14CcCiIvi7qONAJzg3DFSzilRqrx-IIfCUwrGg6CiDWHx-2EImeYw8


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