| Indian diaspora is a geographically diversified diaspora, which is spread in as many as 110 countries. At the same time, the characteristics of this diversified group, varies. It varies to such an extent that we even call some countries as ‘old diaspora’ counties and other countries as ‘new diaspora’ countries. The prominent countries that figure in the old Indian diaspora are Malaysia, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Guyana, and Suriname. On the other hand, the prominent countries with the new diaspora are all the developed countries like – USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Apart from the ‘old’ and ‘new’ Indian diaspora, a good number of Indians also live in the Gulf region. Most of the Gulf migration from India took place from the State of Kerala.
The common thread between all the three groups of Indian emigrants is that they are labour migrants. Hence they are the labour diaspora with their families established over a period of time. The skilled and highly skilled labour went to the developed countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and formed a part of new Indian Diaspora. The lower skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled labour went to the Gulf region. The old diaspora are replaced in other countries because of the colonial policies of slave trade and indenture labour system.
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