Explanation:

The definition of international migrants used in the report is broad, taking into account anyone living in a country other their own and includes refugees and economic migrants, both those immigrating officially and those who do so “irregularly”.

Highlights of the Report:

• Indian tops the world in the number of migrants sent abroad. About 16.59 million Indian live abroad. Mexico sent out 13 million migrants, the second highest number.
• The United Arab Emirates has the largest number of Indian migrants, who number 3.31 million, followed by the US with 2.3 million, up from 1.04 million.
• The number of migrant from other countries living in India is 5.2 million, a fall of 1.22 million from 2000.
• Most of the international migration takes place among developing countries with 60% of the migrants from Asia going to other Asian countries. About $400 billion is sent to developing countries by migrants and the remittances are used to finance education, housing and other activities that promote development.
• Also, according to the United Nations’ 2017 International Migration Report, India has the maximum number of people living outside its borders, followed by Mexico and the Russian Federation