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Migrant inclusivity lowest in India in 2020, integration 'denied': Study

The index, a policy tool that measures a country's national policies on international immigrants across eight parameters, is published jointly by two European think-tanks

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A migrant worker with his family in Delhi during the lockdown.

Priyansha Singh, Rohini Mitra | IndiaSpend New Delhi
India ranked the lowest among 52 countries assessed for key indices of migrant inclusivity in 2020, shows the recently launched Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX).

India scored the least, 24 out of 100, far lower than the MIPEX average of 50, putting it in a category where migrant integration is deemed "denied".

The index, a policy tool that measures a country's national policies on international immigrants across eight parameters, is published jointly by two European think-tanks, the Migration Policy Group (MPG) of Brussels and the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, and was first released in 2014.

While other Asian countries such as China