Irresistible attraction.

"Moving abroad in search of a 'better life' has long been a common aspiration for many Indians." "A Delhi man who moved to Canada believes otherwise." He said the whole thing is a scam and "international students faced issues such as useless degrees and a poor work-life balance." "He further urged fellow Indians to stay in India, citing the country's economic growth and improving opportunities." HT. Makes us so proud, doesn't it? He has been heard. "For the first time in four years, the number of Indians students heading to foreign universities has simultaneously declined across the top three destinations countries - Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom." TIE. Canadian visas are down 32%, US visas are down 34% and UK visas are down 26%. In addition, half the student visas revoked by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently have been those of Indians. FE. "Mounting apprehensions over the abuse of student visa pathways have compelled several Australian universities to restrict or scrutinize applications from six Indian states - Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir." Because "education is not the primary intent but a facade for residency ambitions or unauthorized employment." TOI. A recent report revealed "that nearly 20,000 Indian students did not join colleges after arriving in Canada and that the government has no record of where these students are." TOI. A lot of these students were duped by unscrupulous agents in India, possibly because they were so eager to leave. They wanted to believe. In October 2024, 3,000 Indian students queued up outside the Tandoori Flame Restaurant in Brampton, Canada, "waiting to be interviewed for positions of waiters and servers." NDTV. "There are about 7,25,000 illegal immigrants from India living in the US." "From the outside, a day in the life of an illegal immigrant in the US does not look unusual. But they can neither get a registered job nor a driving licence, and have no legal recourse if they become victims of crime." India Today. "The number of Indians seeking asylum in the US is up by 855%. And nearly half of the applications over the last three years have come from Gujarat." However, "If Gujarat is booming - and we keep being told that it is - and if this is the age of Gujarati millionaires, why are so many Gujaratis trying to sneak into America?" asked Vir Sanghvi. "In 2023, out of 67,391 Indian illegal immigrants in the US, Gujaratis were 41,330." "The explanation is rather simple: there are very rich people in Gujarat, but many more very poor people, because the state has not been creating good jobs for years," wrote Prof Christophe Jaffrelot. The allure of El Dorado  (wikipedia) is impossible to resist. Even if they die trying (wikipedia).