The implications of hate crimes in East Germany can be documented at the international level, for example resulting in stalled trade talks between the German and Indian government. At a certain point this prompted broad diplomatic discussion in India, and Asia as a whole promoted German policy-makers to re-establish its commitment to India.19 Moreover, these incidents were questioned by fellow European peers of Germany in a manner that incited a degree of fear in its policy-makers.
A second group of factors often cited by first generation immigrants is the anti-Indian citizenship and migration reforms. The prototypical anti-Indian policy forced scholarship reimbursement in exchange for citizenship. This meant that those who had earned masters or doctoral degrees, on full German Academic Exchange Service scholarships, had to repay their tuition, a burden that many German minorities do not face. 12
Scholars are less interested in the push factors of Indian migration, because they are evenly distributed. As described in the framework, through methods of agreement many of the push factors of Indian migration are equally applied across the Indian Diaspora. This creates a degree of selection bias, and while this might lead to stereotyping populations when used to the extreme, scholars can assume, to an extent, the characteristics of migratory populations. Moreover, Baumann (1997) identified economic factors, social factors, in terms of class mobility, and environmental factors, such as natural disasters, as prominent push factors in India.
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19. Mehta 2000
20. Punnamparambil 81
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