Official estimate indicates more than one crore Indian are working in different countries of the world. Indians are working in construction industry, I. T. industry, health profession, teaching profession transport industry, in different Engineering streams, domestic service, Hotel, as unskilled worker to professional workers, scientist, technologist, doctor, teachers and some other professions.

These migrants are facing lot of problems in the receiving countries. What are the problems they usually face in receiving countries.

• National wage of the receiving countries for the particular industry or profession are not being paid to Indian Migrants in all most all receiving countries.

• Existing Social Security Benefits of the receiving countries are not being extended to the Indian Migrants barring a few in all most all receiving countries.

• Promised standard of accommodation to the Indian migrants are not being provided by the companies of the receiving countries. In case of workers in construction industry, they have to stay 8-12 persons in one room like Indian Railway tier system. For 15-25 construction workers one toilet & bath room alloted in work site.

• Minimum Medical facilities not extended to the migrant workers.
Where migrants are allowed to take their family members, there education for the children of migrant employees & professionals also a big hurdle.

• Unscrupulous activities of the placement Agencies of both receiving & sending countries increases day by day. In many cases of workers these Agencies kept the passport of the workers with them till the completion of the project for which they have been hired.

• Women workers in different profession are being harassed in so many ways in receiving countries. In lower level job these women are being engaged first and then they were forced to move on to the body shopping business.

• In most of the cases in receiving countries workers and employees and even in case of professionals are not being paid the amount they were assured to get as wage there.

• Sometime these migrants are also facing problems to remit their hard earned money to India.

• A large section of migrant workers & Employees have to work
more than 8 hours a day and for extra hours of work no extra payment is being made.

• Migrant workers of construction industry are usually not allowed to return home even in case of death of their kith & kin.

• Inspite of bipertite agreement between the migrants and the Recruiting companies of the receiving countries that to and fro airfare from India will be paid by the Recruiting companies of receiving countries, but not paid. On very flimsy ground thousands of Indian migrants have been put behind the bar of receiving countries. Nobody knows-- What are the reasons? What are their personal identification? When they will be released? Whether their family members know their earning members are in jail?

Who will take care of their legal battle in the receiving countries?

• Migrants Workers are not allowed to form union in most of the receiving countires. Any workers protest demonstration, meeting, procession, Strike are banned. Now I like to raise some issues relating to the legal framework of immigration from India. If you go through the provisions of The Emigration Act. 1983 you will find certain provisions which regulate the Indian Recruiting Agents in right direction. But in practice, the Recruiting Agents activities are not being monitered by the competent Govt. authority properly. As per section 17 of the Act— Recruiting Agents have to take license from the Competent Authority of GOI and that license have to renew every year.

This provisions of the Act is not being implemented properly.

As per provisions of this Act Emigration Clearance formalities are not being complied with. Many unscrupulous Recruiting Agents with unholy understanding with some officials get immigration clearance for workers & employees without proper verification and full satisfaction of the credential of the Recruiting Companies of receiving countries. The licence of Indian Recruiting Agents are also not properly checked and verified whether it is in order inconformity with the provisions of the Emmigration Act.

Due to this slackness of verification in Indian Immigration Dept. Indian migrants are facing a lot of problems in receiving countires.
Not only this, Indian High Commission/Embassy offices in different receiving countries are also not taking care of Indian migrants in those countries. Hence, on different occassions the Indian Migrants deprived of getting all legel help to get rid of the problems faced in those countries.
Indian High Commission/Embassy office can not shirk their legal responsibility of protecting the Indian Migrants in those countires.