International Day of Family Remittances
Channel: IOM Belarus
Date: 2022-06-16

IOM Belarus s recently conducted the country first assessment to look at the situation with labour migration flows and remittances to Belarus, including the impact of the COVID on the volume of remittances as well as to examine the gender aspects of labout migration.

One of the findings relates to the share of remittances in the country GDP and reducing their costs, which are considered globally as one of the objectives of the SDGs.

Find out more about the potential of remittances: https://belarus.iom.int/news/migrants-remittances-have-potential-stimulate-economic-development

The assessment “Current Economic Development Strategies and Integration of Labour Migration Issues in Them, as well as the Current Situation with Labour Migration Flows and Remittances to Belarus, including Gender Aspects” is prepared within the framework of the international technical assistance project "Maximizing the Impact of Migration and Labour Mobility in the Sustainable Development of Belarus" implemented by the Office of the International Organization for Migration in the Republic of Belarus and funded by the IOM Development Fund.