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What’s driving wealthy Indians to leave India
The country is no stranger to waves of emigration. But a geo-economist sees in the latest wave – of its moneyed elite – a vote of no confidence in its economy.
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Indians have always been great migrants – just as they have been welcoming of people arriving from distant lands.
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Since 2016, the largest source of immigrants to Canada has been India. After Brexit, South Asian nations led by India sent the most numerous immigrants to the United Kingdom.
Australia once preferred immigrants from Britain and Ireland. Around the turn of the century and until about 2010, the Chinese led the numbers. Latterly, it has been Indians who have been the top immigrants.
