While this might be a small sub-group of the migrant population at large, it is a significant group with regard to the issue of political remittances.4 Since the samples we analyze include infrequent and first-time voters, our results may well be applicable to other migrants.
Furthermore, in the host countries, unfortunately, there is no oversight board that reviews practices of the money transfer companies and other issues relating to remittances.
On top of the remittance issue, there are dozens of weak currencies around the world, yet struggling populations have no choice but to use them.
This allows cash to be sent from one place to another quickly and easily.Some mobile-money schemes also allow international remittances; others issue participants with debit cards linked to their mobile-money accounts.
The new Transnational Development Clinic at Yale Law School is tackling important issues such as street vendor rights, remittances, and assistance to displaced workers.
Interviews concluded with an exploration of topics considered more sensitive, such as remittances and the ethical issues raised by overseas nurse recruitment.
It concluded with a brief discussion of topics the researcher considered to be more "sensitive", such as, for example, remittances and the ethical issues raised by overseas nurse recruitment.
New restrictions to non-family travel to Cuba - called "veiled tourism" - will be issued, as well as new limits on remittances to Cuba.
I'm passionate about discussing issues like the hawala remittance system with such diverse classmates as a practicing attorney, a SWAT-team commander, and a Suffolk County beat cop just back from a year in Falluja.
Among the issues discussed were Somali refugees in Kenya and remittances from Somalis abroad, the congressman said.
