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Google has laid off around 200 of its core team in California and will fill some of the positions in India and Mexico as tech companies in Silicon Valley continue to shed employees en masse. 

Core teams at Google work on the technical side of the company's flagship products as well as deal with users' online safety. 

In a message see by CNBC, vice president of Google Developer Ecosystem Asim Husian, told staff that the relocating of positions relates to bringing the tech giant 'closer to our partners and developer communities.' 

The message highlighted emerging markets in India and Brazil.  

'Announcements of this sort may leave many of you feeling uncertain or frustrated [but] are in service of [Google’s] broader goals,' Husain added. 

According to Google's internal blog section, the Core Systems & Experience division is 'responsible for building the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products, protecting our users’ online safety, and maintaining [its] global IT infrastructure.'