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The top ten countries from which migrants remit money (in USD bn) RUBRIK HIER -8.1 -9.9 -10.6 -12.6 -13 -15.9 -18.6 -19.6 -26 -48.3 INDIA CHINA SPAIN LUXEMBOURG KUWAIT ITALY NETHERLANDS GERMANY SWITZERLAND RUSSIA Follow the money: SAUDI ARABIA Rich relatives Migrants feed many families in their home countries, and play a major part in economic development. Many poor countries earn more from remittances than from aid and foreign investment PHILIPPINES MEXICO FRANCE SPAIN BELGIUM BANGLADESH GERMANY NIGERIA 14 THINK ACT SEPTEMBER 2011 USA
+55 +51 +22.6 +21.3 +15.9 +11.6 +11.1 +10.4 +10.2 +10 Remittance economies The top ten countries to which migrants send money (in USD bn) Improved working conditions Globalization 86.5 71.6 70.0 States with the highest proportions of immigrants, 2010 QATAR MONACO UTD. ARAB EMIRATES 28.0 25.0 35.0 States where remittances account for the highest proportion of GDP, 2009 The problems often begin with the recruitment process: agencies in the workers’ home countries charge commissions. The cost of fl ights, visas and medical tests must also be taken into account. Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have taken steps to improve the working conditions of Indonesian workers, and there are also changes afoot in Abu Dhabi, which has set up an independent employment regulatory body. The boom in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has attracted hundreds of thousands of guestworkers from Southeast Asia. According to Human Rights Watch, around 600,000 migrants from that region work in the UAE alone, 300,000 of them in Dubai. By far the majority work in construction and unskilled jobs, and both groups often suffer poor pay and living conditions. TAJIKISTAN TONGA LESOTHO Immigrants and emigrants in these countries (million) RUBRIK HIER THINK ACT SEPTEMBER 2011 15 +10.8 +6.9 +6.7 +5.4 Immigrants BELGIUM SPAIN NIGERIA BANGLADESH GERMANY FRANCE PHILIPPINES MEXICO CHINA INDIA Emigrants -5.4 -4.3 -8.3 -11.9 -11.4 Sfd 2009 / 2010 Source: World Bank, Illustration: Jörg Block
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