There are 100,000 ‘irregular’ Indian immigrants in the UK – but repatriating them home isn’t easy

The matter is complicated by a lack of current and credible data of irregular Indian immigrants in Britain.

Divya Balan

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Sifra Lentin

· Jun 18, 2021 · 09:00 am

Has Bangladesh’s economic rise taken the wind out of the NRC narrative?

The final NRC data seems to have belied myths about both the quantum of migration from Bangladesh as well as the religious affilitation of the migrants. 

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 23, 2020 · 06:30 am

175 lakh Indians now live abroad even as the number of migrants into the country drops

India is the leading country of origin for international migrants.

Nithya Subramanian

· Sep 20, 2019 · 12:30 pm

The surprising ways in which global migration can actually contribute to sustainable development

Migration is at an all-time high and is largely viewed as a challenge – but if handled well, it can actually be an opportunity.

Lori Hunter

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Clara Brandi

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Mark Stafford Smith

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John Connell

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Kathleen Hermans

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Jens Newig

· May 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm

How far can Europe push back its borders? The case of France in Niger

Emmanuel Macron announced last year that France would create ‘hotspots’ in the Sahel-Sahara region to sort out potential refugees.

Virginie Grzelczyk, The Conversation

· Jun 16, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In South Asia, women bear the brunt of climate-induced migration

Women who migrate for work are vulnerable to abuse, trafficking while the burden of responsibilities on those those left behind is also huge.

Manipadma Jena

· Jan 10, 2017 · 10:30 pm

Assam’s search for its ‘original inhabitants’ returns a key question: Who is Assamese, anyway?

The state is caught in layers of indigeneity as it updates the National Register of Citizens to weed out illegal Bangladeshis.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Feb 18, 2016 · 09:15 am

Bengali Muslims who migrated to Assam in 1871 are not 'illegal Bangladeshis'

The Indian government has tried to count the number of "illegal Bangladeshi immigrants' and failed. Most Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam and Bengal have a history going back to the 1860s.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Jun 04, 2014 · 06:48 am

BJP leaders warn illegal Bangladeshis to leave, but census figures refute the myth of large-scale infiltration

Rate of growth of Assam's population has been declining since 1971.

Dr. Kaustubh Deka

· Jun 03, 2014 · 08:32 am

In one West Bengal district, Bangladeshi Hindu refugees attempt to oust Indian Muslims

Narendra Modi's threat to deport Bangladeshi Muslims has emboldened Hindu refugees in Uttar Dinajpur.

Adil Hossain

· May 09, 2014 · 06:56 am