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• India saw the highest migration flows to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2021 and 2022, according to the ‘International Migration Outlook 2023’

Key Findings of International Migration Outlook 2023

• India replaces China as the main country of origin of new migrants to OECD countries in 2020. In 2021, for the second consecutive year, India, with 0.41 million new migrants, was the top country of origin.  
• Growing Policy Focus on Climate-Induced Displacement: Few OECD countries have introduced explicit policies to respond to climate-induced displacement.
  • For instance, in April 2023, Colombia’s Congress began discussing a bill to recognise climate-induced displacement, the first of its kind in Latin America
• Indian Nationals Acquiring OECD Nationality:  0.13 million Indian citizens acquired the nationality of an OECD country in 2021.
  • As in previous years, these acquisitions took place mostly in the United States (56,000), Australia (24,000) and Canada (21,000). 
• Impact of Russia-Ukraine War: Inflows of refugees from Ukraine reached the highest level on record, OECD-wide, due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war; more than 10 million people have become either internally displaced or refugees in the OECD region.
• Workers migration: In terms of workers, migration flows from India (+172 per cent), Uzbekistan (+122 per cent) and Turkey (+240 per cent) rose sharply, making them primary countries of origin after Ukraine.

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