Migration and Remittances News Roundup (Aug 12, 2011)
China biggest source of migrants to Australia (Aug. 11, 2011)Russia changes its migration policy (Aug. 11, 2011) Remittances to Pakistan rise 39% to $1.1b in July (Aug. 10, 2011)
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UK: Net immigration in 2010 grows by 21% (Aug. 25)Dominican Rep: Fee-free money transfers after Hurricane Irene (Aug. 25)
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup (Sept 6, 2011)
Kenya launches diaspora bond (Aug. 31)US State Dept. official on role of Somali diaspora during drought in Horn of Africa (Aug. 31)As Refugees From Haiti Linger, Dominicans’ Good Will Fades...
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Nigeria to obtain Diaspora Bond to finance projects - Okonjo-Iweala (African Examiner Sep 25)Diaspora bond a promising fund for higher investment: Bangladesh Bank Governor (The Independent Sep...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Oct 7, 2011
Members of the Kenyan diaspora aim for change (Washington Post Oct 7)Global Seagulls and the New Reality of Immigration (New York Times Oct 6)Remittances to Vietnam Thru July Rose 43 Percent to $5.6...
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Alert sounded on ‘environmental migration’ (Financial Times Oct 20)Dominican Republic to deport thousands of illegal immigrants under new plan (Washington Post Oct 19)Foreign exchange transactions made...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Nov 11, 2011
Why I Left India (Again) (New York Times, Oct 22)Rwanda Gov’t to issue first ever Diaspora bond (New Times, Nov 11)Medvedev announces requirements for migrants (Vestnik Kavkaza, Nov 10)Thai floods cut...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Nov 23, 2011
Migration and business: Weaving the world together (Economist, Nov 19)EU: More migrants needed to fill jobs of future (Associated Press, Nov 18)Bolivian migrants ride out hard times (Washington Post,...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Jan 18, 2012
US bank’s wire transfer reopened to allow limited remittances to SomaliaPrivate remittances to Armenia totaled $1 380,6mln in Jan-Nov 2011Philippines’ Nov. remittances up 10.6%
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Jan 25, 2012
El Salvador Reports Increased Remittances from AbroadJordan’s Reserves, Remittances Drop on Unrest, Al Arab SaysBorder Patrol To Send Illegal Migrants Back Without Punishment
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Feb 22, 2012
Kenya to sell bonds worth $239 million in February (Feb. 6)Influx of Haitians Into the Amazon Prompts Immigration Debate in Brazil (Feb. 7)Remittances to the Philippines record high at $20b in 2011...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Feb 24, 2012
China: We like to move it move it (Feb. 25)European Court censures Italy over African migrants (Feb. 23)Immigrants trickling back to Alabama despite crackdown (Feb. 19)
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Mar 2, 2012
Border Control: How a Fear of Foreigners Is Gripping Europe When Its Economy Needs Them Most (Mar. 5)Southern Sudanese travel home before deadline (Mar. 1)
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup - Mar 20, 2012
Jamaica planning billion-dollar bond floats in US (Mar 14)US: Immigration decreases, but tensions remain high (Mar 10)Sarkozy wants migration to be halved (Mar 8)Going long on diaspora bonds (Mar...
View ArticleMigration and Remittances News Roundup: Nov 30, 2012
Global remittance flows to developing countries estimated to cross $400 billion in 2012At global conference on migration and development, hosted by Mauritius, UN official highlights role of migration...
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