Highlights
The landmark agreement will boost work visas for Indian nationals.
India s EAM S Jaishankar and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the agreement.
New Delhi: India and the United Kingdom on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) signed a ground-breaking partnership migration deal that will boost work visas for Indian nationals. The landmark agreement will allow young Indian and British nationals to work and live in each other s countries and accelerate the removal of illegal migrants.
India s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement which is aimed at supporting people to live and work in both countries while addressing long-standing problems of illegal migration from India to the UK.
The Indian diplomats that arrived at the Group of Seven summit in London had previously said they will attempt to visit meetings virtually following the decision to.
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1 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, attends a press conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on Monday. PTI
Sandeep Dikshit
New Delhi, May 5
Hours after an in-person meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel in London, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar confirmed a UK media report that two members of his delegation have isolated themselves. The Ministers and the delegation members were tested in India on Sunday and found COVID negative said sources who could not confirm whether they were tested on landing in London.