Emigration

During a high-level meeting chaired by Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, discussions focused on improving coordination between the Ministry of External Affairs and NITI Aayog

The United Nations and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading northward toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing perilous routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses. A report released on Friday by the UN refugee and migration agencies and the Mixed Migration Centre research group estimated that land routes in Africa are twice as deadly as the sea lanes across the Mediterranean which is the deadliest maritime route for migrants in the world. The report said new conflict and instability in countries including Mali, Burkina Faso and Sudan have been behind a rise in the number of journeys toward the Mediterranean. But Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Guinea were the top countries of origin of migrants. It comes as many politicians in Europe and beyond, in an important election year, have fanned or drawn support from anti-immigrant sentiment. But conflict, economic strife, ...

…kids, jobs, emigration

The Union Cabinet granted approval for an agreement between India and Italy to promote mobility students, skilled workers, business professionals, and young talent

Citizens across the country are at their wit's end as their hopes of studying abroad and moving out of the country have been affected

The deplorable conditions of migrant workers in Gulf countries, have been well documented across media reports over the last few decades

The total number of Indians living outside of the country touched 17.9 million that year

People forcibly displaced from their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations globally surged to 103 million in the first half of 2022, UNHCR said

Canada has become a favoured destination for Indians after the US tightened immigration rules

Many developed countries nowadays welcome immigrants who can invest, set up a business, and create jobs