Indian students, workers dominate exit trend as UK migration drops sharplyNet migration to the UK has significantly fallen, nearly halved from its peak, with Indian students and workers leading the exit trend. The...
21 May, 2026, 04.14 PM IST
India-Trinidad archival pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago. This pact will as...
10 May, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
India-UAE, India-US among top 10 migration corridors in 2024: UNA United Nations report reveals key global migration routes. India to the United Arab Emirates and India to the United States are among the...
05 May, 2026, 09.55 PM IST
‘Indian workers are central to Middle East oil — yet, they’re unseen’Indian migrants have been crucial to the Middle Eastern oil industry from its beginnings. Professor Andrea Wright highlights their signific...
30 Apr, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Immigrants in a spot as US looks to vet old green card approvalsUSCIS director Joseph B Edlow this weekend said the agency will reopen old cases to vet Biden-era green cards for fraud. This comes amid ti...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Why the US must not become a nation of emigrantsThe US is experiencing an unprecedented exodus of citizens, with a growing number seeking better opportunities abroad due to factors like h...
20 Mar, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
Who is leaving Canada and why?A new study by Statistics Canada reveals that a significant number of immigrants choose to leave Canada within years of arriving. Over 15% ...
14 Feb, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Overseas job recruitment agents cannot charge more than Rs 30,000: GovtThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has cautioned Indians seeking a job offer abroad to not overpay service fee to overseas recruitment ...
26 Dec, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
Canada's surging cost of living fuels reverse immigrationRising living costs and housing shortages in Canada have prompted an increase in emigration, with over 42,000 leaving in the first half of ...
10 Dec, 2023, 08.25 AM IST
4,23,559 Indian migrant workers returned from ECR countries from June 2020-December 2021In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated that the number of Indian mi...
21 Jul, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
Migration to Gulf for jobs drops 62% over 5 yearsThe five-year outflow of Indian workers to Gulf peaked in 2014 at 7.76 lakh.
12 Jan, 2019, 12.33 PM IST
58,000 issued emigration clearance for jobs in Gulf in 2 yearsAccording to the Emigration Act, 1983, ECR categories of Indian-passport holders need to obtain Emigration Clearance from the office of POE...
15 Dec, 2016, 05.32 PM IST
Over 62,000 complaints received from Indians working abroad: GovernmentThe data was placed before Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar while replying to a question on complaints repor...
17 Nov, 2016, 06.47 PM IST
Saudi hand-chopping case: New Emigration Bill to take action against recruiters in case of complaintsThe government plans to introduce a bill in the winter session to safeguard Indian citizens pursuing jobs abroad from being duped by recrui...
12 Oct, 2015, 06.11 AM IST
Total foreign remittance to Kerala worth Rs 72,680 croreThe total foreign remittance to Kerala, mainly from those working in Gulf countries, stood at Rs 72,680 crore in 2013-14, according to a su...
17 Sep, 2014, 08.34 PM IST
Gujarat, three other states see sharp rise in low-skilled workers going abroadGujarat is among the four states - Odisha, Punjab and Jharkhand - that have witnessed the sharpest increase in the number of workers travel...
11 Sep, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
Study reveals decreasing trend in emigration from KeralaEmigration from the state was dominated by Muslims whose share of the emigrants continued to remain very much higher than their share in th...
31 Mar, 2013, 03.14 PM IST