Lok Sabha Question No. 3538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Atrocities against Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JANAK RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3538 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Atrocities against Students

†3538. SHRI JANAK RAM:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  the total number of cases of exploitation and atrocity against Indian Students including  from  Bihar  studying  in  foreign  countries  reported  during  the  last three years and the current year; and (b)  the number of foreign students who have come to India for study during the

- last three years and the current year, country-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani)

(a): Sporadic incidents of violence against Indian students have taken place in the past in some countries. However, no such data is centrally maintained.

(b): As per the records of Ministry of Home Affairs, the number of foreign students who arrived in the country, as on 31 st December of 2012, 2013 and 2014, and during the current year country -wise is attached at Annexure .

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.3538  for 21.12.2015 asked by Shri Janak Ram regarding "Atrocities against Students"

| Country                                              | No. of students   | No. of students   | No. of students   |        |
|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------|
|                                                      | 2012              | 2013              | 2014              | 2015   |
| Afghanistan                                          | 5214              | 6511              | 2636              | 5605   |
| Albania                                              | 1                 | 26                | 0                 | 2      |
| Algeria                                              | 8                 | 13                | 6                 | 31     |
| Andorra                                              | 1                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0      |
| Angola                                               | 100               | 333               | 300               | 280    |
| Antigua &Barbuda                                     | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Argentina                                            | 44                | 61                | 23                | 81     |
| Armenia                                              | 41                | 80                | 44                | 48     |
| Australia                                            | 304               | 301               | 145               | 309    |
| Austria                                              | 118               | 118               | 48                | 69     |
| Azerbaijan                                           | 15                | 13                | 1                 | 9      |
| Bahamas                                              | 4                 | 1                 | 0                 | 1      |
| Bahrain                                              | 347               | 719               | 80                | 271    |
| Bangladesh                                           | 1634              | 1983              | 705               | 5431   |
| Barbados                                             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 1      |
| Belarus                                              | 43                | 56                | 12                | 41     |
| Belgium                                              | 66                | 98                | 43                | 125    |
| Belize                                               | 5                 | 14                | 3                 | 1      |
| Benin (Dahomey) Bermuda                              | 22 0              | 27 1              | 14 0              | 16 0   |
| Bolivia                                              | 9                 | 10                | 4                 | 4      |
| Bosnia &Herzegovina                                  | 6                 | 7                 | 2                 | 4      |
| Botswana                                             | 42                | 73                | 29                | 50     |
| Brazil                                               | 185               | 223               | 58                | 169    |
| Brunei Darussalam                                    | 2                 | 3                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Bulgaria                                             | 60                | 50                | 10                | 33     |
| Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)                           | 12                | 11                | 9                 | 29     |
| Burundi                                              | 177               | 311               | 85                | 110    |
| Cambodia(Kampuchia)                                  | 141               | 157 386           | 20                | 151    |
| Cameroon                                             | 254               |                   | 136               | 124    |
| Canada Cape Verde                                    | 781 0             | 915 0             | 458 1             | 527 8  |
| Central African Republic                             | 1                 | 2                 | 1                 | 0      |
| Chad                                                 | 120               | 196               | 109               | 58     |
| Chile                                                |                   | 43                | 13                |        |
|                                                      | 35                |                   |                   | 51     |
| China Colombia                                       | 1309 81           | 1518 84           | 367 25            | 820 73 |
| Comoros                                              |                   |                   | 69                |        |
|                                                      | 26                | 4                 |                   | 58     |
| Congo                                                | 2715              | 2868              | 994               | 754    |
| Costa Rica                                           | 10                | 13                | 3                 | 21     |
| Côte D'ivoire                                        | 979               | 962               | 638               | 308    |
| Croatia                                              | 30                | 31                | 8                 | 10     |
| Cuba                                                 | 5                 | 4                 | 2                 | 0      |
| Cyprus                                               | 2                 | 2                 | 0                 | 1      |
| Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 47 223            | 47 759 880        | 8 5               | 80 1   |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)                 | 0                 |                   | 1257              | 0      |
| Denmark                                              | 49                | 64                | 29                | 111    |

| Djibouti                         | 258       | 517       | 305      | 142       |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| Dominican Island                 | 10        | 0         | 0        | 5         |
| Dominican Republic               | 1         | 10        | 3        | 6         |
| East Timor                       | 16        | 51        | 58       | 11        |
| Ecuador                          | 14        | 14        | 9        | 3         |
| Egypt                            | 86        | 134       | 69       | 153       |
| El Salvador                      | 8         | 16        | 5        | 25        |
| Eritrea                          | 316       | 621       | 150      | 251       |
| Estonia                          | 27        | 31        | 6        | 24        |
| Ethiopia                         | 930       | 1104      | 479      | 310       |
| Fiji                             | 150       | 178       | 64       | 168       |
| Finland                          | 69        | 93        | 27       | 61        |
| France                           | 1576      | 1736      | 422      | 1328      |
| Gabon                            | 27        | 42        | 33       | 26        |
| Gambia                           | 9         | 15        | 33       | 48        |
| Georgia                          | 10        | 10        | 0        | 10        |
| Germany                          | 1064      | 1271      | 306      | 687       |
| Ghana                            | 153       | 265       | 140      | 448       |
| Greece                           | 20        | 14        | 8        | 7         |
| Grenada                          | 0         | 0         | 0        | 9         |
| Guatemala                        | 3         | 5         | 4        | 22        |
| Guinea                           | 21        | 40        | 9        | 30        |
| Guinea Bissau                    | 0         | 1         | 2        | 7         |
| Guyana                           | 34        | 44        | 21       | 9         |
| Hondurau                         | 2         | 5         | 1        | 5         |
| Hungary                          | 31        | 35        | 11       | 29        |
| Indonesia                        |           |           |          | 268       |
|                                  | 311       | 328       | 138      |           |
| Iran                             | 5354      | 6599      | 2350     | 2872      |
| Iraq                             | 3232      | 5444      | 2444     | 2584      |
| Israel                           | 67        | 69        | 41       | 84        |
| Italy                            |           | 352       | 96       |           |
| Jamaica                          | 289 7     | 10        | 4        | 287 7     |
| Japan                            | 534       | 536       | 146      | 326       |
| Jordan                           | 180       | 190       | 89       | 189       |
| Kazakhstan                       | 223       | 256       | 57       | 161       |
| Kenya                            | 1038      | 1182      | 383      | 351       |
| Kiribati                         | 5         | 7         | 0        | 3         |
| Kuwait                           | 16        | 20        | 2        | 5         |
| Kyrgyzstan                       | 97        | 96        | 11       | 99        |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 128       | 160       | 43       | 118       |
| Latvia                           | 24        | 19        | 2        | 19        |
| Lebanon                          | 29        | 24        | 9        | 13        |
| Lesotho                          | 51        | 53        | 29       | 129       |
| Liberia                          | 39        | 50        | 9        | 15        |
| Libya Arab Jamahiriya            | 299       |           | 80       | 101       |
| Lithuania                        | 42        | 441 43    | 4        | 62        |
| Luxemborg                        | 4         | 6         | 1        | 10        |
| Macau Spl. Admin Region of China | 0         | 0         | 0        | 1         |
| Madagascar                       | 25        | 30        | 26       | 114       |
| Malawi                           | 37        | 57        | 23       | 34        |
| Malaysia Maldives                | 4494 1562 | 4005 1276 | 3919 885 | 6471 1028 |
| Mali                             | 71        | 78        | 121      | 110       |

| Malta                               | 3       | 2        | 1       | 1       |
|-------------------------------------|---------|----------|---------|---------|
| Mauritania                          | 83      | 116      | 50      | 12      |
| Mauritius                           | 602     | 609      | 271     | 698     |
| Mexico                              | 103     | 159      | 47      | 107     |
| Monaco                              | 0       | 0        | 0       | 2       |
| Mongolia                            | 1184    | 1163     | 557     | 541     |
| Montenegro                          | 0       | 0        | 0       | 3       |
| Morocco                             | 25      | 41       | 14      | 47      |
| Mozambique                          | 92      | 155      | 52      | 235     |
| Myanmar                             | 830     | 634      | 418     | 581     |
| Namibia                             | 172     | 315      | 192     | 226     |
| Nauru                               | 0       | 3        | 2       | 2       |
| Nepal                               | 32      | 39       | 6       | 15      |
| Netherlands                         | 140     | 124      | 56      | 290     |
| New Zealand                         | 73      | 88       | 33      | 57      |
| Nicaragua                           | 0       | 2        | 1       | 1       |
| Niger                               | 24      | 38       | 13      | 135     |
| Nigeria                             | 2339    | 3592     | 2726    | 2675    |
| Norway                              | 134     | 253      | 61      | 175     |
| Oman                                | 332     | 438      | 236     | 344     |
| Others                              | 246     | 116      | 3       | 7       |
| Pakistan                            | 621     | 978      | 6       | 21      |
| Palau                               | 0       | 1        | 0       | 0       |
| Palestine                           | 135     | 213      | 86      | 249     |
| Panama                              | 10      | 13       | 31      | 2       |
| Papua - New - Guinea Paraguay       | 12      | 11 4     | 20      | 45 12   |
| Peru                                | 3       | 18       | 3       |         |
|                                     | 22      |          | 10      | 37      |
| Philippines                         | 93      | 112      | 43      | 78      |
|                                     | 30      | 40       | 9       |         |
| Portugal                            |         |          |         | 46      |
| Qatar                               | 1       | 7        | 2       | 14      |
| Refugees                            | 0       | 0        | 0       | 3       |
| Refugees (stateless)                | 0       | 16       | 0       | 0       |
| Refugees (USA) Republic of Korea    | 0       | 1        | 0       | 0       |
| Republic of Moldova                 | 3158 4  | 3438 150 | 1839 2  | 2634 6  |
|                                     | 14      | 0        |         | 1       |
| Reunion island                      |         |          | 0       |         |
| Romania Russian Federation          | 46 655  | 59 585   | 16 214  | 25      |
| Rwanda                              | 1555    | 0        | 0       | 505 389 |
| Saint Helena                        | 0       | 1926     | 323     | 1       |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis               | 1       | 1        | 0       | 0       |
| Saint Lucia                         | 1       |          |         |         |
|                                     |         | 2        | 0       | 0       |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines Arabia | 1       | 1        | 0       | 0       |
| Saudi                               | 492     | 660      | 190     | 468     |
| Serbia                              | 21      | 10       | 9       | 41      |
| Seychelles                          | 76      | 75       | 68      | 35      |
| Sierra Leone                        | 20      | 32       | 5       | 12      |
|                                     |         |          | 220     | 111     |
| Singapore Slovakia                  | 261 31  | 296 17   | 6       | 22      |
| Slovenia                            | 24      | 30       | 5       | 10      |
| Somalia                             | 490 224 | 995      | 737     | 947     |
| South Africa South Sudan            | 0       | 384 221  | 183 413 | 319 465 |

| Spain                              |   283 |   229 |    83 |   243 |
|------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Sri Lanka                          |  2547 |  2505 |  1643 |  2258 |
| Stateless                          |     2 |    64 |     1 |     2 |
| Sudan                              |  4759 |  4857 |  3078 |  3448 |
| Suriname                           |     6 |     5 |     1 |     1 |
| Swaziland                          |    21 |    13 |     3 |    17 |
| Sweden                             |   170 |   252 |    52 |   171 |
| Switzerland                        |   153 |   183 |    64 |   165 |
| Syrian Arab Republic               |   208 |   347 |   164 |   206 |
| Taiwan                             |   105 |   115 |    71 |    90 |
| Tajikistan                         |   152 |   176 |    63 |   160 |
| Thailand                           |  2159 |  1855 |  1061 |  3161 |
| Tibet                              |     0 |   134 |     7 |     0 |
| Togo                               |     0 |    22 |    10 |    37 |
| Tonga                              |    13 |    13 |     4 |    18 |
| Trinidad &Tobago                   |    37 |    39 |     5 |    21 |
| Tunisia                            |     8 |     9 |     3 |    21 |
| Turkey                             |   136 |   197 |   101 |   119 |
| Turkmenistan                       |   191 |   344 |   106 |   222 |
| Tuvalu                             |     5 |    17 |     8 |     5 |
| Uganda                             |   654 |   737 |   364 |   394 |
| UK British Dependent Ter. Citizens |     0 |     0 |     0 |     1 |
| UK British Overseas Citizens       |     1 |     1 |     0 |     0 |
| UK British Solomon Island          |     0 |     0 |     2 |     0 |
| UK British Subject                 |     0 |     1 |     0 |     0 |
| Ukraine                            |   148 |   164 |    27 |   123 |
| United Arab Emirates               |    76 |    25 |     6 |    36 |
| United Kingdom                     |  1047 |   976 |   333 |   339 |
| United Republic of Tanzania        |  1641 |  2123 |  1300 |  1632 |
| United States                      |  4752 |  5449 |  2022 |  1801 |
| Upper Volta                        |     1 |     3 |     0 |     0 |
| Uruguay                            |    14 |     9 |     0 |     8 |
| Uzbekistan                         |   193 |   259 |    65 |   179 |
| Vanuatu (New Hebrides)             |     1 |     1 |     0 |     1 |
| Venezuela                          |    20 |    39 |     9 |    27 |
| Vietnam                            |   862 |   861 |   121 |   345 |
| West Samoa                         |     2 |     2 |     2 |     7 |
| Yemen                              |  3192 |  5206 |  2691 |  3043 |
| Yugoslavia                         |     8 |     8 |     0 |     0 |
| Zambia                             |   184 |   312 |   138 |   367 |
| Zimbabwe                           |   131 |   161 |    84 |   268 |
| Total                              | 76753 | 93693 | 44620 | 66885 |