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  2. Indian passport - Wikipedia

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    A page in the Indian passport with Emigration check note. Holders of Emigration Check Required (ECR) type passports need a clearance called an Emigration Check from the Government of India's Protector of Emigrants when going to selected countries on a work visa. This is to prevent the exploitation of Indian workers (especially the unskilled and ...

  3. List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population

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    These are lists of countries by foreign-born population and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).. According to the United Nations, in 2019, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and France had the largest number of immigrants of any country, while Tuvalu, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Tokelau had the lowest.

  4. Emigration - Wikipedia

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    Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence [1] with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). [2] Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanently move to a country). [ 3 ]

  5. Human migration - Wikipedia

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    Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.

  6. Emigration Act, 1983 - Wikipedia

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    The Act imposed a requirement of obtaining emigration clearance (also called POE clearance) from the office of Protector of Emigrants (POE), Ministry of External Affairs for people emigrating from India for work. As of 2017, this requirement applies only for people going to one of 18 listed countries.

  7. Immigration - Wikipedia

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    Greater emigration of skilled workers consequently leads to greater economic growth and welfare improvements in the long-run. [179] The negative effects of high-skill emigration remain largely unfounded. According to economist Michael Clemens, it has not been shown that restrictions on high-skill emigration reduce shortages in the countries of ...

  8. European emigration - Wikipedia

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    European emigration is the successive emigration waves from the European continent to other continents. The origins of the various European diasporas [ 39 ] can be traced to the people who left the European nation states or stateless ethnic communities on the European continent.

  9. Illegal emigration - Wikipedia

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    Illegal emigration is departure from a country in violation of emigration laws. Countries often seek to regulate who departs a country for diverse reasons, such as stopping criminals from leaving, preventing labor shortages and capital flight, and averting brain drain. The simplest case is when a country prohibits certain persons from ...