Please, go home: How COVID-19 halted labor migration
The COVID-19 pandemic brought international migration to a standstill — and migrant workers have borne the greatest cost. But Bangladeshi workers are doing surprisingly well.
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Remittances from Italy up by 12% in 2021
A study by the Venice-based Fondazione Leone Moressa reports that remittances last year from Italy to immigrants' home countries rose to 7.7 billion dollars, a 12.2% increase on 2020.
'Critical lifeline' – migrant remittances to grow 7% in 2021
The amount of money sent home by migrants to low- and middle-income countries is projected to increase more than expected this year thanks to a strong economic recovery in the United States and Europe. That's according to a recent World Bank report.
Migrant worker in Italy: 'If you told someone in Africa [how we are living] they wouldn't believe you'
Tomatoes were known as Ghana’s "red gold." Today however, most of Ghana's markets sell imported products from the EU and China and the tomato processing plants stand empty and abandoned. This is just one of the factors pushing more and more Ghanaians to migrate. Deutsche Welle's documentary "Displaced: Tomatoes and Greed" takes up the story.
Global poor hit as COVID-19 causes drop in remittances
Migrants often make international payments to support their families back home. Now these important transfers have declined dramatically amid the global coronavirus outbreak.
Remittances run dry during coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a once reliable form of help to a halt: Remittances — that's money sent by people working abroad to their families back home. Many Africans working in Spain who were once able to support relatives in their home countries are now no longer able to do so. Although the strict lockdown measures are slowly being eased, many migrants lost their jobs.
Migrant remittances to developing countries expected to drop by one fifth, World Bank
Global remittances sent by migrants are expected to tumble by 20% in 2020, according to estimates published by the World Bank, due to consequences related to the novel coronavirus outbreak. In Europe and Central Asia, the drop is expected to be as high as 28%.
Only 14% of all refugees from Arab region are in Europe: UN report
The Arab region comprising 18 countries hosts 15% of all migrants and refugees worldwide; it is currently seeing "unprecedented levels of migration." Despite these high levels, the majority of migrants and refugees stay within the region. To date, Europe has received only 14% of all refugees originating from Arab countries.
International migrants: 'Small' number, big money
A very small percentage of the world‘s population resides outside the country in which they were born. According to the UN migration agency's latest figures, most of them migrate to find work, sending home more than half a trillion dollars.
Migrant women are victims of financial 'gender gap' in Italy
A report carried out by research center Cespi has highlighted that migrant women in Italy are able to set money aside yet suffer from a ''gender gap'' in terms of financial inclusion, income and the value of remittances.
'Immigrants send record remittances to sub-Saharan Africa'
A recent analysis by the Pew Research Center of World Bank data found that money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record 41 billion dollars in 2017. This represents a 10 percent jump in remittances on the previous year, the largest annual growth for any world region, according to the study.
African billionaire says: 'Migration healthy. Not a disease.'
Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born billionaire, who made his money in telecommunications, (and has set up a foundation to encourage better governance in Africa with some of the profits), said at a meeting of his foundation in Ivory Coast in early April that migration should be viewed as a positive phenomenon and not a threat.