Last Updated:December 03, 2025, 14:06 IST Jaishankar warned that the US and Europe would harm their own interests by restricting immigration, arguing that their economic concerns stem from relocating industries. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday cautioned that countries such as the United States and those in Europe risk harming their own interests and would end up being “net losers” if they impose excessive restrictions on immigration and cross-border movement of skilled workers. Responding to a question on the political and social backlash against immigration in several nations, Jaishankar, speaking at an event in New Delhi, said, “A lot of these are issues which they have to resolve because, in many cases.” “The actual crisis has nothing to do with the mobility of the incoming workforce,” he added. He argued that concerns in Western countries were the result of long-standing policy choices. “If there are concerns, let us say, in the United States or in Europe, it is because they very consciously and deliberately, over the last …