International Day of Family Remittances

Money exchanger services are vital for families who rely on money sent from relatives and friends abroad in the form of remittances.
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‘Families came first’ for remittances in year of pandemic, says Guterres 

16 June 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Migrants working away from their families made significant sacrifices to send money home last year as they did before COVID, UN chief António Guterres said on Wednesday, warning that now is not the time for countries to withdraw their support to these key workers. 

It is estimated that family remittances – the money sent back by migrant workers to their relatives – support 800 million people worldwide.
IFAD

UN chief in ‘support migrants’ plea, as remittances drop by 20 per cent predicted

16 June 2020
Economic Development

Marking International Day of Family Remittances, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has released a message appealing for “people everywhere” to support migrants, at a time when remittances – the money migrants send home to support their families – have fallen by more than $100 billion, causing hunger, lost schooling and deteriorating health, for tens of millions of families.

Remittances, the money migrant workers send home to their families, provide crucial financial support for millions of people in developing countries. File
IFAD

Migrant workers sending home more money than a decade ago

16 June 2017
General News

The amount of money migrants send home to their families in developing countries has increased by 51 per cent over the past decade, “lifting millions out poverty,” a new report by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has fo

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