India is the origin of the largest number of international migrants – nearly 18 million, with large diaspora in UAE, US and Saudi Arabia. And it continues its march as the top country receiving remittances from its diaspora: the figure crossed $110 billion in 2022. According to the World Migration Report, 2024, released in Dhaka on Wednesday by the UN’s International Organisation for Migration, India, Mexico and China were the top three remittance recipient countries in 2022, followed by the Philippines, France and Pakistan.

Days after three Indian men were arrested in Canada for the killing of Khalistan separatist and Canadian national Hardeep Singh Nijjar, foreign minister Melanie Joly backed the police action saying Canada stood by its allegations that Indian agents murdered Nijjar, an India-designated terrorist. Speaking later on Tuesday, Indian high commissioner Sanjay Verma accused foreign Sikh groups of crossing the “big red line” by casting an evil eye on the territorial integrity of India.

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