Refugee claims from India to Canada have skyrocketed

The number of accepted Indian refugee claims in Canada have increased from 20 in 2014 to 3,469 in 2022. Some experts say this is due to repression of non-Hindu minority groups in the country since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power.

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