Instances of indian migrating to other countries have been noticed in the historical times
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India has one of the world's most diverse and complex migration histories. Since the 19th century, ethnic Indians have established communities on every continent as well as on islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific and Indian oceans.
The composition of flows has evolved over time from mainly indentured labor in far-flung colonies to postwar labor for British industry to high-skilled professionals in North America and low-skilled workers in the Middle East. In addition, ethnic Indians in countries like Kenya and Suriname have migrated to other countries, a movement called secondary migration.
This profile provides a broad overview of Indian migration flows and major populations worldwide, both in the past and more recently, as well as their remittances and contributions to India.
It then discusses India's policies toward its diaspora, India's own immigration policies, and immigration to India, including economic migrants from Nepal, refugees and asylum seekers from the region, and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
Emigration from India to the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates) states is not a new phenomenon, it has a historical background and it
increased remarkably since 1970s due to the ‘oil boom’. According to the latest estimation
produced by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) of the Government of India,
currently migrant communities in these six GCC countries are 6 million approximately.
These huge bulks of migrant population are playing very significant role not only to the host
countries (GCCs) but also have major developmental contribution to the place of origin. The
GCC countries encircling the Persian Gulf are endowed with oil and natural gas which has
made these countries one of the emerging economic powers in the modern era. Oil boom of
the 1970s has attracted semi skilled and unskilled labours from various Indian states
especially from the south Indian states.