21 Oct 2022 International Migration Outlook Report 2022
Source: The Indian Express
About International Migration Outlook 2022 Report
- Released by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- It provides an overview of trends in international migration flows and policies up until 2021.
- Report puts a spotlight on origin countries and destination countries of students who signed up for academic degrees in OECD countries or developed countries.
Key findings of the report:
- Largest share of foreign students in OECD countries are from China (22%) and India (10%) since about a third of the world’s population aged 20-29 live in China and India.
- According to the report Indian and Chinese students display “remarkably different” behaviours when it comes to staying on in their host countries by extending their study visas or by obtaining work permits.
- Compared to Chinese students, Indian students are likely to stay back on extended permits with highest chances of holding a work permit five years into their stay.
- Report shows different retention behaviours among Indian and Chinese students, Indian students have higher stay rate than the overall international student population while Chinese students have more diverse retention behaviour and overall larger shares of students from China leave after their education.
- Data of the stay rates of Indians and Chinese students shows that Indians have significantly higher retention rates than the Chinese in nearly every OECD country including Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Japan.
- Indians have a faster transition rate from student visas to work permits than the Chinese. Bulk of Indian students accounted for the direct transitions from a study permit to a temporary high-skilled permit (H-1B) in the United States.In Canada among the students admitted in 2015, compared to 18 percent Chinese 71 percent Indians held a work permit by 2020,
- Most of the enrollment of Indian students are at the masters or PhD level while students from China are enrolled at UG level.This explains the Indian students’ “quicker transition to the labour market and shorter period on an education permit”.
Conclusion: Trend captured by the OECD report shows “brain drain” from India. In recent years, the Centre is trying to reverse the trend of brain drain. Now, the Government is keen on converting “brain drain” into “brain gain” or retaining talent at home.
Article: Indian students abroad most likely to stay back in developed countries: Report
Article Link:
https://indianexpress.com/article/education/indian-students-abroad-most-likely-to-stay-back-in-developed-nations-report-8205305/
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