OPINION

Spectre of debt leaves migrant workers ill at ease

News, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 15/06/2019

» The International Day of Family Remittances -- celebrated on the 16th of June each year -- recognises the efforts of 200 million migrants across the world who send home billions of dollars which sustains 800 million people in their home countries. Remittances are a major contributor to development and approximately 40% of them go to rural areas where poverty is a pressing issue.