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“India endeavours to physique an inclusive, humane, and future-ready model for migration portion addressing the challenges of irregular migration and trafficking,” Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh has said astatine the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
“Migration is yet astir people, their aspirations, resilience, and contributions,” Mr. Singh said astatine the plenary of the 2nd International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) connected Thursday (May 7, 2026).
“We endeavour to physique an inclusive, humane and future-ready framework, portion addressing challenges specified arsenic irregular migration, trafficking and gaps successful societal protection,” helium said.
Mr. Singh stated that India manages migration done a “holistic and pragmatic” model focussed connected protecting migrants, overseeing each signifier of the migration process, and fostering planetary co-operation.
"India, location to 1 of the world’s largest and dynamic diaspora of much than 34 cardinal and a starring recipient of planetary remittances, is witnesser to however migration tin alteration lives, communities, and nationalities," helium said.
“India has besides concluded broad bilateral mobility agreements and MoUs with 23 countries, and is pursuing respective more, to make sustainable pathways for just and ethical mobility,” helium said. “This is the cardinal to ensuring migrant payment done harmless and regular migration pathways,” helium added.
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Consular extortion has besides been strengthened done the ‘MADAD’ grievance redressal portal and Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs). India’s Passport Seva Online Portal further ensures timely and accessible services for Indian citizens overseas and astatine home.
“The Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) has provided exigency assistance, ineligible support, and repatriation services to Indian nationals since its inception successful 2009,” helium said.
“We person strengthened skilling initiatives and expanded pre-departure predisposition to equip our migrants with indispensable knowledge, including their rights and taste consciousness of the big country,” helium added.
Earlier this week, a study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said India to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India to the U.S. were among the apical 10 planetary country-to-country migration corridors successful 2024.
Since 2010, India has been the apical remittance receiving state successful the world, receiving $53.48 billion, which grew implicit the years to $68.91 cardinal successful 2015, $83.15 cardinal successful 2020 and $137.67 cardinal successful 2024.
