Published: 2nd Nov, 2020
- West Asia
- Low oil prices owing to Shale gas boom and slower global growth is resulting in job cuts for Indians.
- One of the most direct threats to the security of Indians is the rising conflicts and instability due to the Shia-Sunni conflicts and the radical Islamism.
- Fierce competition from skilled labour from the Philippines and cheap labour from Nepal.
- Regressive and medieval policies like employer seizing the travel documents upon arrival known as “Kafala” labour system are exploitative.
- US, Canada and UK
- Discriminative practices owing to a racist, colonial mindset persists.
- Stricter H-1B visa norms in the US Congress.
- President-elect Donald Trump’s call to channel more jobs to Americans.
- Revision of visa norms in UK post-Brexit might hit the Indian diaspora hard, especially the IT professionals.
- The disparity in jobs and racial abuse due to terrorist branding.
- Cultural integration due to various eating preferences, consumerism and nuclear society.
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