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Over 22,000 Indians sought asylum in US since 2014: Official data

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Over 22,000 Indians sought asylum in US since 2014: Official data The reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be ‘unemployment or intolerance or both in India’, Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of North American Punjabi Association Current Affairs :More than 22,000 Indians, including about 7,000 ladies, have applied for refuge in the US since 2014, as indicated by the most recent authority figures. The purpose for Indians looking for shelter in the US can be “joblessness or prejudice or both in India”, Satnam Singh Chahal, official chief of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA), said in an announcement. Upwards of 22,371 Indians have looked for haven in America since 2014, as per the data got by the NAPA through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the US Citizenship and Immigration Service’s National Records Center. These numbers are of “genuine concern”, Chahal said. Of the complete Indian haven searchers in 2014, upwards of 6,935 were l...

Every fourth non-resident foreign national in US in 2016 was Indian: Report

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Every fourth non-resident foreign national in US in 2016 was Indian: Report In 2016, there were 580,000 Indians in the US as resident non-immigrant Current Affairs  :- Each fourth non-inhabitant remote national in the US in 2016 was an Indian, as indicated by a report which expresses that around 60 percent of the occupant non-foreigners were natives of Asian nations, with those from China representing 15 percent. In 2016, there were an expected 2.3 million non-foreigner inhabitants who are basically laborers, understudies, trade guests, and negotiators and different delegates. This was up 15 percent from 2,000,000 out of 2015, said the report incorporated by the Department of Homeland Security. Instances of such transitory purposes incorporate the travel industry, work, study, support in a trade program, speaking to an outside government or global association, and going with a head non-migrant as a close relative, it said. In 2016, there were 580,000 Indians in th...