I know that a certain number of Pakistani Hindus have migrated to India because they feel that in a Muslim-dominated country their life would be difficult. But as you said, they are living in slums in India.
But there are also Pakistani Hindus who have stayed on. Watch
this bit of Pakistani Idol singing talent show.
Both India and Pakistan need to dial down the religion part in their individual societies.
Yes lots of optics and vibes in Indian media about a few hundred Hindus migrating to India from Pakistan...and they were promised economic help and settlement but still living in slums, so more of a media optics by Indian media just to malign Pakistan name, a low brow by Indian media as usual....
Check this video of Hindus from Pakistan visiting India and India fake media jumping on them and asking all sorts of churlish questions and putting words in their mouth...please say something bad about Pakistan. They said they are happy in Pakistan.
In accordance with the census data, Hindu population has remained 1.5 - 1.6% of the total population of West Pakistan (1951-1971) and Pakistan (after 1971).
Here is the explanation to it...
Why Don't Indian Muslims Migrate to Pakistan?
"One of the more intriguing nuggets about the Africa emigration story is that far from fleeing poverty, migrants out of the continent are likely to be relatively well off, and are rarely from the most destitute families"
Mail and Guardian Africa
The above quote comes to mind when answering an oft-repeated question: "Why don't Indian Muslims migrate to
Pakistan?" This question of why don't all of the Muslims migrate out of India to Pakistan and other Muslim nations is most often asked by the
Hindu Nationalists who seek to make their country 100% "Hindu Rashtra".
Indian Muslims Most Deprived:
Muslims in India are the most deprived among various groups. In fact, they are
worse off than even the lowest caste Hindus called Dalits or untouchables, according to data available from multiple sources, including Indian government report. They suffer from
widespread discrimination at the hands of the Hindu majority in education, employment, housing and in the criminal justice system. They have significantly lower levels of development than their Hindu counterparts. So why don't they all migrate out of India?
Why Don't Indian Muslims Leave India?
This question of why don't all of the Muslims migrate out of India to Pakistan and other Muslim nations is most often asked by the Hindu Nationalists who seek to make their country 100% "Hindu Rashtra".
The question, however, does deserve an answer. And the answer is: Poorest and least developed people tend to stay put where they are; they do not migrate. It's only people who have a certain level of income and skills who are more likely to migrate to other countries for better opportunities. This fact has been well-established by multiple studies conducted in Africa.
Here's an except of
African Development Bank report on migration:
"Results show that despite increase in the absolute number of migrants, Africa, particularly SubSaharan Africa has one of the lowest rate of emigration in the world .... Poorer countries generally have lower rate of emigration ......Bad socio-economic conditions generally seem to lead to higher rate of emigration by highly skilled individuals. Generally, migration is driven by motives to improve livelihoods with notable evidence on changes in labor market status. Often, self-employed or unemployed émigré ended up in wage employment. The paper outlines policy issues emerging from the migration trend in Africa."
The Poorest Least Likely to Emigrate:
Data shows that increased human and economic development is initially associated with increasing emigration. Any form of development in the poorest countries of the world is therefore likely to lead to accelerating emigration. Such findings contradict conventional thinking and force us to radically change our views on migration. Such rethinking can be achieved by learning to see migration as an intrinsic part of broader development processes rather than as a problem to be solved, or the temporary response to development “disequilibria”, according to
The Conversation, a US publication.
Summary:
There is a strong inverse correlation between poverty and emigration. The poorest citizens of a developing country are least likely to emigrate. People with higher education and better skills are most likely to leave developing nations for better opportunities abroad. This data explains why Indian Muslims, most of whom are worse off than the untouchables, tend to leave India in proportionally much smaller numbers than their Hindu counterparts.
