Problems of returning home.

A big area of concern with the election of Donald Trump as president of the US is "how far Trump will implement his anti-immigration agenda, especially his threat to deport illegal migrants." "A Pew Research Report puts undocumented Indian immigrants in US at over 725,000. Indians with qualifications waiting for US green card number over 1 mn." "India cannot pretend this is not its problem that's being exported to the West." And, "We must prepare a plan to bring back students and undocumented immigrants the West wants to send back," wrote R Jagannathan. That is well meaning but extremely naive. How will the government provide jobs with salaries matching those in Western countries? And, if the government gives preference to deported Indians over local youths it will create enormous anger. Many of those deported may have children who are citizens of the countries of their birth and fees for international students are very high in India. Britannica. A report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) published in March stated, "The youth unemployment rate has increased with the level of education, with the highest rates among those with a graduate degree or higher and higher among women than men. In 2022, the unemployment rate among youths was six times greater among persons with a secondary or higher level education (at 18.4%) and nine times higher among graduates (at 29.1%) than for persons who cannot read or write." Of the uneducated workers, "Unpaid family workers have contributed to 37% of the growth in India's workforce since 2017-18." "Unpaid family workers accounted for 18.3% of the workers in 2022-23 PLFS (Periodic Labour Force Survey) compared to 20.9% share of regular wages workers," wrote Abhishek Jha. "During the fiscal year from 2022-23, the unemployment rate of people aged 15 and above in Haryana stood 6.1%," according to India's Ministry of Labour and Emplyment, "But for people aged 15 to 24, the number was significantly higher - 45.4% across the country in the same year." CNN. Around 730,000 Indian students are studying in Canada, Australia and the UK and all three countries are cutting down on visas for Indians. ET. Apart from top students with scholarships, most of these so-called students are disguised migrants determined to stay in Western countries any way they can. As shown by thousands of students who queued up outside Tandoori Flame restaurant in Canada hoping for jobs as waiters and service staff. HT. Sweeping floors and cleaning toilets in Canada is preferable to returning to India because the label of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) bestows great respect back home. And this brings us to Canada. "Canada was the most popular relocation destination among all the countries reviewed, according to Jobseeker." And, "Despite tensions, Canada remained particularly popular among job seekers and those looking to relocate from India. ET. Relations are so poisoned that, "Once considered 'immigrant-friendly', Canada has seen a surge of racist remarks directed at Indian-origin immigrants both offline and online in the last few months." "According to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, hate crimes against South Asians increased by 143% between 2019 and 2022." TOI. Politicians and bureaucrats don't care because they are subsidised by life-long handouts of taxpayer money. But for thousands, migrating was a way of surviving with a little human dignity. That is closing.