INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR FAMILY REMITTANCES
Channel: IOM - UN Migration
Date: 2016-06-16

Migrants send three times more money home than all aid budgets... but at a high price

Remittances sent to all countries in 2012 (developing and high income) was $534bn, three times greater than overseas development budgets.  In 2016, the World Bank expects remittances to reach over $600bn, with over $440bn being sent to developing countries.

Music: “Accralate” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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