Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 10th May. ‘World Migration Report 2024’ by the International Organization for Migration on Thursday said that there were 3.47 million Indians in the UAE in 2020, 2.7 million in the United States (US) and 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia,
IOM report released said that United Arab Emirates is the top destination for Indian migrants.
It said that India received more than $111 billion in remittances in 2022, the largest such amount and the first country to surpass the $100 billion mark in a single year. Mexico, China, the Philippines and France were the other top four remittance-recipient countries.
It said that in over 50 years, the share of international migrants in the world population has increased from 2.3 per cent (84 million) in 1970 to 3.6 per cent (280 million) in the mid-2020s.
“Mexico was the second-largest remittance recipient in 2022, a position it also held in 2021 after overtaking China, which historically had been the second-biggest recipient after India,” the report said.
It highlighted that “India was well above the rest, receiving more than $111 billion, the first country to reach and even surpass the $100 billion mark”.
The Mexico-to-US corridor is the largest in the world, meaning how many people born in the South American country immigrated and now live in the US.
Syria-to-Turkey and Russia-to-Ukraine are the second and largest corridors which largely attributed to displacement caused by civil unrest and military invasions, the report said.
The report said that India, Pakistan and Bangladesh rank among the top 10 recipients, marked the significance of labor migration in South Asia in terms of receiving the international remittances.
The report noted that while remittances are a lifeline for many in the “subregion”, migrant workers face financial exploitation, excessive debt due to migration costs, xenophobia, and workplace abuse.
In terms of immigrants, India ranked thirteenth by hosting 4.48 million such people.
It highlighted that the climate shapes internal migration, with many people in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh moving out and their remittances being used for daily consumption, including food.
The report added that changing social structures due to migration and the prevalence of traditional gender roles have made food security outcomes worse for women-headed households.
The World Migration Report, released is published every two years since 2000.
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