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Both the countries of origin (where people emigrate from) and the profile of migrants has changed significantly in recent years. India now tops the list of countries of origin for recent as well as highly skilled migrants to member countries of the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development (OECD).The 34 OECD membercountries include the European countries, the United States, Japan, Canada and Australia.Indians also constitute the fourth largest diaspora in the OECD countries . India accounted for 8.95 lakh recent migrants abovethe age of 15 years in OECD countries during 2010-11.`Recent migrants` are those who have been in an OECD member-country for less than five years.The OECD also highlighted the growing importance of the Asian diasporas. At 38.36 lakh, India had the fourth largest diaspora, a growth of 83% over ten years.The country was ranked ninth in 2000-01. The report said, China and India, with about 39 lakh migrants each, have surpassed the diasporas of traditional OECD countries of origin of migrant population. This is an important change relative to the top five countries of origin in 2000-01, which were all OECD countries(viz: Mexico, UK, Germany , Italy and Poland).
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