{"id":8691,"date":"2017-12-19T08:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-12-19T08:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:03:27","slug":"highest-number-of-indian-migrants-live-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/highest-number-of-indian-migrants-live-in-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#8217;S OFFICIAL: UAE Has The Highest Number Of Indian Migrants In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not that we needed any proof but according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/nri\/visa-and-immigration\/with-16-million-india-tops-world-in-number-of-migrants-abroad\/articleshow\/62130691.cms\" target=\"_blank\">2017 International Migration Report by UN<\/a>, Indian tops the world with\u00a016.59 million\u00a0migrants that live abroad and more than half of it are in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n<p>What about the number of Indians living in the UAE you may ask?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the country\u00a0has the largest number of Indian migrants, from 978,992 in 2000 to\u00a03.31 million till date. The UAE is\u00a0followed by the US with 2.3 million people living there currently, from 1.04 million in the past, as per the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>What is the definition of international migrants?<\/h3>\n<p>The report uses the term in a broader sense and\u00a0takes into account anyone living in a country other their own. It also\u00a0includes refugees and economic migrants, those who immigrate officially and who do so &#8220;irregularly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the report does not\u00a0include children of migrants born in the countries their parents went to.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Gulf countries<\/h4>\n<p>The total number of\u00a0Indians in all other Gulf countries is\u00a08.9 million, of them, 2.27 million are\u00a0in Saudi Arabia, 1.2 million in Oman and 1.16 million in Kuwait.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not that we needed any proof but according to the 2017 International Migration Report by UN, Indian tops the world with\u00a016.59 million\u00a0migrants that live abroad and more than half of it are in the Gulf region. What about the number of Indians living in the UAE you may ask? 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