India Migration History (1 of 3 in series)

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:27 Emigration during Colonial Rule
2:53 1947 Partition: One of the Greatest Migrations in Human History
4:15 1970s: Migration to GCC countries
5:15 Migration to Europe
5:47 Indian migration to the UK
7:06 Indians in the UK: Study and Employment
8:15 Indian Asylum Seekers in the UK (2001-2019)
8:44 Indians living in the UK by area (top 17)
8:57 Age profile of Indian and White British people
9:21 Migration to the United States
10:42 Indian Immigrant Population in the U.S.
10:53 Top 5 Destination States for Indian-Born Immigrants in the U.S (2014-18)
11:05 Indian migration to Canada

*Thank you to Nasrat Sayed and Adam Hussain for helpful assistance with this video.

Selected References
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Abbas, M. (2020, November 22). Four migrations: A look back at Punjab’s four migrations since 1885. The News.

Gazdar, H. (2003). A review of migration issues in Pakistan. Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, Bangladesh, DFID.

Statistics Canada. (2019). Immigrant population by selected places of birth, admission category and period of immigration. 2016 Census.

Karim, M. S. (1999). Effects of migration, socioeconomic status and population policy on reproductive behaviour.

Khosla, G. D. (1991) Stern Reckoning: The Story of Partition, New Delhi; Oxford University Press.
Sasikumar, S.K & and Thimothy, R. (2015). From India to the Gulf region: Exploring links between labour markets, skills and the migration cycle.

FARGUES, Philippe, , LUM, Kathryn, India-EU migration : a relationship with untapped potential, Migration Policy Centre, CARIM-India Research Report, 2014/01

Dey, S. (2018, July 29). Why Germany is the favourite country for Indian asylum seekers. The Print.

Ram, S. (1987). Indians in England: why did they emigrate?. Population geography: a journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India, 9(1-2), 37-44.

British Library. (n.d). Immigration from India 1948.

Grant Thornton. (2020). India in the UK: The diaspora effect.

The Migration Observatory. (2020). Migrants in the UK: An Overview.

ONS. (2020). Migration Statistics Quarterly Report: February 2020. Government of UK.

Banchariya, S. (2020, March 2). Indian students in UK increased by 93% in 2019. Times of India.

Walsh, P.W. (2020). Asylum and refugee resettlement in the UK.

Khandekar, O. (2019, December 28). Unseen 2019: The rise of the Indian asylum seeker. Mint.

Sonwalker, P. (2018, February 22). 5,500 Indians applied for asylum in UK since 2013. Hindustan Times.

Gov UK. (2019) Indian ethnic group: facts and figures.

Hanna, M & Batalova, J. (2020). Indian Immigrants in the United States. MPI.

Badrinathan, S., Kapur, D., & Vaishnav, M. (2021). How Do Indian Americans View India? Results From the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey. Carnegie.

Migration Policy Institute tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's pooled. (2015-2019). U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County

Government of Canada. (2020). East Indian.

CIC News. (2014, April 16). The Story of Indian Immigration to Canada.

Tunzelmann, A. (2017, August 18). Who Is to Blame for Partition? Above All, Imperial Britain. The New York Times.

Jhawar, A., & Gupta, C. (2019). Migration Analysis of India-Pakistan Division of 1947. University of Gothenburg.

BBC. (2018). The Partition of India: What happened?

[afzalurrahman]

Thank you, Professor Melissa, for this thought-provoking video. It would be a good source for South Asian Studies in the future.

[jojoseph]

Hi Melissa Siegel, nice work and accurate study for Indian Migration. Very useful !!

[HELLDOZER]

Thanks for uploading this... very informational 🙌

[oopsididitagain]

Thank you so much, this has helped a ton with a school project :)

[tekokako]

thanks this is really informative and makes a lot of sense re international migration.

[shyamalkumar]

Very informative video. Can you please make an in-depth video about the British Rule in India and migration to Fiji 🇫🇯 Thanks

[stlouisix]

You look uniquely intriguing. I'm assuming your father must be Ashkenazi though I wonder whether your mother might not be Ashkenazi but rather Sephardic or even peradventure Mizrachi.

[rutujabhange]

Ma'am could you please help me with the source from where i can get data for emigrants from India over the years??

[Mradnan]

Anyone migrated from malakand ? Dargai? Kindly reply this message