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Top 10 international migration corridors: India-UAE and India-US rank among world’s largest migrant routes
May 09, 2026 6:42 pm
Top 10 international migration corridors list: The report noted that international migrants made up 3.7% of the world’s population in 2024, a small rise from 2.9% in 1990.
World Migration Report 2026: Top 10 countries receiving highest remittances; India tops the list
May 07, 2026 6:52 pm
Top 10 countries receiving highest remittances: India remained far ahead of every other country in remittance inflows during 2024. The amount the country received has risen sharply over the years, increasing from $83.15 billion in 2020 to $137.67 billion in 2024.
Blind spot in India's migration governance – a whole-of-journey approach
April 17, 2026 12:27 pm
One reason is that India’s governance architecture was not built around migrants' journeys, whether across districts or across borders
In ‘Kohrra 2’, migration, like the winter fog
March 07, 2026 1:21 am
Kohrra 2 embodies Punjab’s bidirectional migration profile: A destination for inter-state migrant workers from Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh while simultaneously being a source region for global migration to Canada, the US and the UK.
Changing name of labour department is not enough. Bihar needs to take its migration problem seriously
December 18, 2025 12:21 pm
Bihar’s administrative realignment signals a shift in thinking. Its impact will depend on how effectively recognition translates into action
Govt to begin year-long national migration survey from July 2026
November 13, 2025 9:37 pm
As per the most recent migration data collected by the statistics ministry from July 2020 to June 2021 as part of its Periodic Labour Force Survey, India’s migration rate – or the percentage of migrants in the population – was 28.9%.
‘Follow legal routes to go abroad’: MEA’s protector general of emigrants tells Punjab youth
November 07, 2025 5:28 pm
The MEA launches an awareness program on ‘Safe and Legal Mobility’ in Jalandhar.
New Bill for Indian workers abroad does not offer protection — it exposes them to more harm
October 29, 2025 3:41 pm
As Parliament debates the Bill, it must demand fixes: Mandatory standards, judicial checks, ILO-aligned rights, dedicated funds
In Patna, voices for change but Nitish seen as its agent — more than his challengers
October 27, 2025 12:39 am
There does not appear to be a trumping emotion or argument that can sweep out the old, or a political vacuum that can ring in the new. Seen from the vantage point of Patna, Prashant Kishor and Jan Suraaj do not seem to have struck sparks of the kind that the Anna Hazare movement did in Delhi, nor does the RJD look likely to cave in like the Congress.
‘Videshi’ in one’s own country: Understanding India’s internal diasporas
August 28, 2025 10:26 am
Ask any Odia migrant worker in Surat where they have come to work and they will say ‘videsh’. So what really makes a diaspora?
MIGRATION PHOTOS
Artists explore notions of identity through their works
September 02, 2021 5:46 pm
The exhibition titled Plot-Points explored the ever-evolving notion of identity and status through the ecologies of migration, land, and power
MIGRATION VIDEOS
What is the Assam NRC and what it means to be left out of it
June 22, 2020 6:20 pm
With 40 lakh people being left out of the Assam NRC, there is a huge debate on what their future is. Here's a look at what the Assam NRC is and how the government is addressing the controversies.
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